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Debra Anne Haaland (/ ˈ h ɑː l ə n d /; [1] born December 2, 1960) is an American politician serving as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior. [2] A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021 and as chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland spoke on the final night of the Democratic National Convention Thursday making the case that Vice President Kamala Harris is the better candidate to handle ...
Secretary of the Interior is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule, [3] thus earning a salary of US$ 246,400, as of January 2024. [4] Following senate confirmation in March 2021, former U.S. representative Deb Haaland was sworn in as the secretary of the interior, the first Native American to hold the position. [5]
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to two people familiar with the decision, a historic pick that would make her the first ...
Deb Haaland, a Laguna Pueblo Native American, has been confirmed as Interior secretary. She's also the nation's first Indigenous Cabinet member.
A special election was held on June 1, 2021, to fill the vacancy in New Mexico's 1st congressional district created by Representative Deb Haaland 's resignation from the United States House of Representatives to become the Secretary of the Interior in Joe Biden 's administration . State Representatives Patricia Roybal Caballero, Georgene Louis ...
The department was created on March 3, 1849. It is headquartered at the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. The department is headed by the secretary of the interior, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. The current secretary is Deb Haaland.
Jul. 30—Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's maternal grandparents were just 8 years old when they were removed from their parents' care and forced to live in a Catholic boarding school. Her great ...