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Here's a look at the life of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Birthdate: October 20, 1964
Place of birth: Oakland, California
Birth name: Kamala Devi Harris
Father: Donald Harris, professor of economics
Mother: Shyamala Gopalan Harris, physician
Marriage: Douglas Emhoff (2014-present)
Education: Howard University, BA Political Science and Economics, 1986; University of California, Hastings School of Law, JD, 1989
Religion: Baptist
First African American, first woman, and first Asian American to become attorney general of California.
Nation's first South Asian American attorney general.
First Indian American and second African American woman to serve as a senator.
First African American woman to represent California in the Senate.
She is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants.
He grew up attending a black Baptist church and a Hindu temple.
Its name comes from the Sanskrit word meaning “lotus” flower.
1990-1998 – He serves as Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County, California.
1998 – He is appointed managing attorney of the Career Criminal Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.
2004-2011 – San Francisco District Attorney.
2009 – “Smart on Crime: A career prosecutor's plan to make us safer” is published.
2011-2016 – California Attorney General.
January 3, 2017-January 18, 2021 – He serves in the United States Senate.
December 5, 2018 – Accepts the resignation of Larry Wallace, a top aide, after allegations of harassment surfaced from the time he worked with her at the California Department of Justice.
January 8, 2019 – Harris's memoir, “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey,” and the illustrated book, “Superheroes Are Everywhere,” are published.
January 21, 2019 – She announces she is running for president in a video posted to social media at the same time she appears on ABC's “Good Morning America.”
October 30, 2019 – In a memo to staff and supporters, Harris' campaign manager says the campaign will cut staff and expenses to focus on Iowa strategy. It will lay off staff at its Baltimore headquarters and deploy staff from New Hampshire, Nevada and California to Iowa.
December 3, 2019 – Harris ends her 2020 presidential campaign.
March 8, 2020 – Harris endorses Joe Biden for president.
August 11, 2020 – Biden names Harris as his running mate, making her the first Black and South Asian American woman to run for a major political party's presidential nomination.
November 7, 2020 – Days after the Nov. 3 election, CNN projects that Harris will be elected vice president, making her the first American woman, the first Black woman, and the first South Asian vice president.
January 20, 2021 – Takes oath as vice president of the United States.
May 28, 2021 – Harris delivers the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy addressing the class of 2021. She is the first woman to give a commencement address at the school.
November 19, 2021 – Biden temporarily transfers power to Harris while she is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy. Harris becomes the first woman with presidential power.
April 26, 2022 – The White House announces that Harris tested positive for Covid-19. She has no symptoms. She will self-isolate and work from the vice president's residence.
May 27, 2023 – She becomes the first woman to deliver a commencement address at the graduation ceremony of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
March 14, 2024 – Harris visits a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota, the first time a US president or vice president is believed to have visited an abortion provider.
