Hillary Clinton (Stronger Together)
Hillary Clinton
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45th President of the United States | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office January 20, 2017 | |
Vice President | Tim Kaine |
Preceded by | Barack Obama |
67th United States Secretary of State | |
In office January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Condoleezza Rice |
Succeeded by | John Kerry |
United States Senator from New York | |
In office January 3, 2001 – January 21, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Succeeded by | Kirsten Gillibrand |
First Lady of the United States | |
In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Barbara Bush |
Succeeded by | Laura Bush |
First Lady of Arkansas | |
In office January 11, 1983 – December 12, 1992 | |
Governor | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Gay Daniels White |
Succeeded by | Betty Tucker |
In office January 9, 1979 – January 19, 1981 | |
Governor | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Barbara Pryor |
Succeeded by | Gay Daniels White |
Personal details | |
Born | Hillary Diane Rodham Template:Birth date and age Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Bill Clinton |
Religion | Methodism |
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the 45th President of the United States. Previously, she served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013.
Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and earned a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas and married Bill Clinton in 1975. In 1977, she co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She was appointed the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978 and became the first female partner at Rose Law Firm the following year. As First Lady of Arkansas, she led a task force whose recommendations helped reform Arkansas's public schools.
As First Lady of the United States, Clinton was an advocate for gender equality and healthcare reform. Her marital relationship came under public scrutiny during the Lewinsky scandal, which led her to issue a statement that reaffirmed her commitment to the marriage. In 2000, Clinton was elected as the first female Senator from New York. She was reelected to the Senate in 2006. Running for president in 2008, she won far more delegates than any previous female candidate but lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.
During her tenure as U.S. Secretary of State in the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2013, Clinton responded to the Arab Spring by advocating military intervention in Libya. She helped to organize a diplomatic isolation and international sanctions regime against Iran in an effort to force curtailment of that country's nuclear program; this would eventually lead to the multinational Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement in 2015. Upon leaving her Cabinet position after Obama's first term, she wrote her fifth book and undertook speaking engagements.
Clinton was elected in 2016, defeating Republican Donald Trump and various third party candidates, and became the first woman to be elected President of the United States. In her first term, she confirmed Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, pushed for immigration and tuition reform, and intensified American involvement in Syria.