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U.S. Vice Presidents: Kalama Harris

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Kamala Harris

(1964 - Present)

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Occupation

U.S. Vice President

(January 20, 2021 - Present)

U.S. Senator from California

(January 3, 2017 - Present)

32nd Attorney General of California

(January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2017)

27th District Attorney of San Francisco

(January 8, 2004 - January 3, 2011)

Date of Birth October 20, 1964
Place of Birth Oakland, California
Education

Howard University (BA)

University of California, Hastings (JD)

Parents

Shyamala Gopalan

Donald J. Harris

Spouse Doug Emhoff (m. 2014)
Political Party Democratic
Number of Children Zero

Did You Know?

Vice President Harris...

  • ...published a book called, "Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer."
  • ...was selected by Presidential nominee Joe Biden as his running mate for the White House in 2020.
  • ...developed a special Hate Crimes Unit during her time as San Francisco's D.A.
  • ...became the fist woman with Presidential powers for 85 minutes on November 19, 2021.

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Biography

Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney, the junior United States senator from California, and the vice president-elect of the United States.

A member of the Democratic Party, she will become vice president on January 20, 2021, alongside President-elect Joe Biden, having defeated incumbent president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence in the 2020 election. She will be the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.

Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she was elected district attorney of San Francisco. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Harris has served as the junior United States senator from California since 2017.

Quotes

"I say to you my friends, these are not ordinary times. And this will not be an ordinary election. But this is our America."

-Kamala Harris

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