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However, including cabinet reshuffles during his second term in office, Obama still holds the record for most women appointed to permanent cabinet positions with eight, the most of any presidency, therefore surpassing George W. Bush's previous record of six appointees. The Department of Labor has had the most female secretaries, with seven. [12]
On December 1, 2008, she was nominated by President-elect Obama to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, [70] [87] a position which he also upgraded to cabinet level. [212] Rice is the second youngest [ 212 ] and the first African American woman US Representative to the UN. [ 213 ]
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Former President Barack Obama thinks that if the world were run by women, there would be "significant" global improvement. Obama says women are 'indisputably' better leaders than men Skip to main ...
United States presidents typically fill their Cabinets and other appointive positions with people from their own political party.The first Cabinet formed by the first president, George Washington, included some of Washington's political opponents, but later presidents adopted the practice of filling their Cabinets with members of the president's party.
Aida Álvarez became the first Latina woman to serve in the president's cabinet when Clinton picked her for the cabinet-rank position of Administrator of the Small Business Administration in 1997. However, the first Latina to lead a permanent cabinet office was Hilda Solis when President Barack Obama appointed her Secretary of Labor in 2009.
NEW YORK - President-elect Trump is nearing completion of his cabinet, with only a few key positions left to fill following Rep. Matt Gaetz's decision to decline a role. While some of Trump’s ...