Elaine Chao
18th United States Secretary of Transportation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1953 · age 73
Elaine Lan Chao is a Taiwanese-American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the first administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021.
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Chao in Syosset High School's yearbook
Chao in 2005
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Chao at her confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Transportation
Chao speaking at an event in June 2022
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Elaine Chao and her father James S. C. Chao met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2016.On YouTube
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A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian-American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She resigned as transportation secretary after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
