Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20th 1964) was an American lawyer, politician and vice president of United States. She is also the first female vice president and highest-ranking female official of U.S. History, as also the first African American and second Asian American vice president. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. Additionally, she served as the United States senator representing California between 2017 and 2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. After starting her career as an Alameda County District Attorney, Harris was enlisted to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. Later she became the City Attorney of San Francisco. In 2003, she was elected district attorney for San Francisco. Harris was elected Attorney general of California in 2010. In 2014, she was re-elected. Harris served as the junior United States senator from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to be senator in the United States Senate. As senator, she fought for reforms to healthcare, federal de-scheduling of cannabis, a path to citizenship for immigrants who are not legal and the DREAM Act, a ban of assault weapons and progressive tax reform. She is well-known for the direct questioning she conducted of Trump government officials during Senate hearings.






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