Donna Shalala | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 27th district | |
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
Succeeded by | Maria Elvira Salazar |
President of the Clinton Foundation | |
In office March 6, 2015 – April 25, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Bruce Lindsey |
Succeeded by | Kevin Thurm |
5th President of the University of Miami | |
In office June 1, 2001 – August 16, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Edward T. Foote II |
Succeeded by | Julio Frenk |
18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | |
In office January 22, 1993 – January 20, 2001 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Louis Wade Sullivan |
Succeeded by | Tommy Thompson |
Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
In office January 1, 1988 – January 22, 1993 | |
Preceded by | Bernard Cecil Cohen |
Succeeded by | David Ward |
Personal details | |
Born | Donna Edna Shalala February 14, 1941 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Western College (BA) Syracuse University (MA, PhD) |
Donna Edna Shalala (/ʃəˈleɪlə/ shə-LAY-lə; born February 14, 1941) is an American politician. She was the United States representative of Florida's 27th congressional district from January 3, 2019 to January 3, 2021.
She served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.[1] She was the president of the University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida, from 2001 through 2015.
In August 2018, she became the Democratic nominee for Florida's 27th Congressional District. She won the general election on November 6, 2018. She lost her re-election in 2020 to Republican Maria Elvira Salazar.