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Kamala Harris

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Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female, first African American, and first Asian American vice president, and the highest-ranking female and Asian public official in American history. Harris represented California in the United States Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2024 presidential election.

Overview

Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female, first African American, and first Asian American vice president, and the highest-ranking female and Asian public official in American history. Harris represented California in the United States Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2024 presidential election.

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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Kamala Harris. Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

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Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

Timeline

1790s
1790

history, surpassing John Adams, who cast 12 in 1790

history, surpassing John Adams, who cast 12 in 1790

personal
1930s
1938

Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris (1938–2009), was an Iyengar scientific...

Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris (1938–2009), was an Iyengar scientific researcher who arrived in the United States from India in 1958 to enroll in graduate school in endocrinology at the University of California, Berkeley

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1960s
1962

Kamala's parents met in 1962 and married in 1963

Kamala's parents met in 1962 and married in 1963

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1964

Birth

Birth of Kamala Harris.

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1966

The Harrises lived for a few years in college towns in the Midwest where her...

The Harrises lived for a few years in college towns in the Midwest where her parents held teaching or research positions: Urbana, Illinois (where her sister Maya was born in 1966); Evanston, Illinois; and Madison, Wisconsin

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1970s
1970

By 1970, the marriage had faltered, and Shyamala moved back to Berkeley with...

By 1970, the marriage had faltered, and Shyamala moved back to Berkeley with her two daughters; the couple divorced when Kamala was seven

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1972

In 1972, Donald Harris accepted a position at Stanford University; Kamala and...

In 1972, Donald Harris accepted a position at Stanford University; Kamala and Maya spent weekends at his house in Palo Alto and lived at their mother's house in Berkeley during the week

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1976

In 1976, she accepted a research position at the McGill University School of...

In 1976, she accepted a research position at the McGill University School of Medicine, and moved with her daughters to Montreal, Quebec

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1980s
1981

Kamala Harris attended Vanier College in Montreal in 1981–1982; she then...

Kamala Harris attended Vanier College in Montreal in 1981–1982; she then attended Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, D.C

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2020s
2026

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2026

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