Gale Norton

Gale Norton
48th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office
January 31, 2001 – March 31, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byBruce Babbitt
Succeeded byDirk Kempthorne
35th Attorney General of Colorado
In office
January 8, 1991 – January 12, 1999
GovernorRoy Romer
Preceded byDuane Woodard
Succeeded byKen Salazar
Personal details
Born (1954-03-11) March 11, 1954 (age 70)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations
Libertarian (formerly)
EducationUniversity of Denver (BA, JD)

Gale Ann Norton (born March 11, 1954) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 35th Attorney General of Colorado from 1991 to 1999. Norton was the first woman to hold each of those posts.