Elaine Chao

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|party=[[Republican]]
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{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
|of=Transportation
|number=18th
|president=[[Donald Trump]]
|terms=January 31, 2017 – January 11, 2021
|preceded=Anthony Foxx
|succeeded=[[Pete Buttigieg]]
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|of=Labor
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|president=[[George W. Bush]]
|terms=January 29, 2001 – January 20, 2009
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'''Elaine Lan Chao''' (born March 26, 1953; an immigrant from Taiwan who arrived in America at age 8) is the 18th United States [[Secretary of Transportation]] under U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]. She was the [[Secretary of Labor]] in the cabinet of the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] administration. Chao is the first Asian-American woman to be appointed to a U.S. Cabinet position.

Chao was the president of the United Way of America from 1992 to 1996. In addition, from 1996 to 2001, Chao was a Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, where she concentrated on jobs, employment, trade, federal spending and workforce issues.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/about/staff/c/elaine-chao Elaine Chao | The Heritage Foundation]</ref>

==Personal life==
Chao is married to current Republican [[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Mitch McConnell]] of [[Kentucky]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://elainelchao.com/ Official Website]
*[https://www.transportation.gov/meet-secretary/secretary-elaine-chao Secretary Elaine Chao | US Department of Transportation]
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/people/elaine-chao/ Elaine L. Chao | The White House]
*[http://unionreports.gov Union Reports, Other Reports, and Collective Bargaining Agreements]

[[Image:480px-Elaine Chao.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Chao as Secretary of Labor in the Bush II Administration]]

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Secretary of Transportation

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The '''[[United States]] Secretary of transportation''' is in charge of the [[Department of Transportation]]. The secretary is a member of the president’s cabinet. The secretary is responsible for: [http://www.faa.gov/ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)], [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)],[http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)],[http://www.fra.dot.gov/ Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)],[http://www.fta.dot.gov/ Federal Transit Administration (FTA)],[http://www.marad.dot.gov/ Maritime Administration (MARAD)],[http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)], [http://www.oig.dot.gov/ Office of Inspector General (OIG)],[http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/ Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)],[http://www.rita.dot.gov/ Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)],[http://www.seaway.dot.gov/ Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)],[http://www.stb.dot.gov/ Surface Transportation Board (STB)].

== Secretary of transportion ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Dates
|-
|Alan Stephenson Boyd
|January 16, 1967 - January 20, 1969
|-
|John Anthony Volpe
|January 22, 1969 - February 1, 1973
|-
|Claude Stout Brinegar
|February 2, 1973 - February 1, 1975
|-
|John W. Barnum
|February 2, 1975 - March 6, 1975
|-
|William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
|March 7, 1975 - January 20, 1977
|-
|Brock Adams
|January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979
|-
|W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
|July 21, 1979 - August 14, 1979
|-
|Neil Goldschmidt
|August 15, 1979 - January 20, 1981
|-
|Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.
|January 23, 1981 - February 1, 1983
|-
|Elizabeth Hanford Dole
|February 7, 1983 - September 30, 1987
|-
|James H. Burnley IV
|October 1, 1987 - December 2, 1987
|-
|James H. Burnley IV
|December 2, 1987 - January 30, 1989
|-
|Samuel K. Skinner
|February 6, 1989 - December 13, 1991
|-
|James B. Busey IV
|December 14, 1991 - February 23, 1992
|-
|Andrew Card
|February 24, 1992 - January 20, 1993
|-
|Federico Peña
|January 21, 1993 - February 14, 1997
|-
|Rodney Slater
|February 14, 1997 - January 20, 2001
|-
|Mortimer L. Downey
|January 21, 2001 - January 24, 2001
|-
|Norman Mineta
|January 25, 2001 - July 7, 2006
|-
|Maria Cino
|July 8, 2006 – September 30, 2006
|-
|Mary Peters
|September 30, 2006 – January 20, 2009
|-
|Ray LaHood
|January 22, 2009 – July 2, 2013
|-
|[[Anthony R. Foxx]]
|July 2, 2013 – January 20, 2017
|-
|[[Elaine Chao]]
|January 31, 2017 – January 11, 2021
|-
|[[Pete Buttigieg]]
|January 3, 2021 –
|}

== References ==

[http://www.dot.gov/DOTagencies.htm 1]

[http://www.dot.gov/ost/ 2]

[[Category:United States Department of Transportation]]
[[Category:United States Cabinet]]
[[Category:Transportation]]
[[Category:United States Government]]

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Elaine Chao

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