Donna Shalala facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Donna Shalala
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 27th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2019
Preceded by	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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 (1941-02-14) 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 is the United States representative of Florida's 27th congressional district since January 3, 2019.

She served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. 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.

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  Shalala during her tenure as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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