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Elaine Chao
18th United States Secretary of Transportation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor
browse: politicians, economists
alive
- born
- 1953
- died
- no date on record
- age
- 73
- known for
- politician, economist
born 1953

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who elaine chao is
Elaine Lan Chao is an 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. A member of the Republican Party and wife of U.S. senator Mitch McConnell, Chao was the first Asian-American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet.
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