American politician and attorney, 49th Vice President (born 1964)
Category: Vice Presidents
Start: 1964-10-20
Location: United States
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who holds the distinction of being the 49th Vice President of the United States, serving from January 20, 2021, to January 20, 2025, under President Joe Biden. Her tenure as Vice President is historically significant as she is the first woman, the first African American, and the first South Asian American to hold the office, making her the highest-ranking female and Asian public official in American history. A member of the Democratic Party, Harris previously represented California in the United States Senate from 2017 to 2021 and served as the Attorney General of California from 2011 to 2017. In a pivotal moment for American politics, she was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2024 presidential election. **Early Life and Education** Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California, to immigrant parents. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a cancer researcher and civil rights activist from Chennai (then Madras), India, who arrived in the U.S. in 1960 to pursue a Ph.D. in nutrition and endocrinology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her father, Donald Harris, is a Stanford University econo…
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