Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius
Official portrait, 2009
21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office
April 28, 2009 – June 9, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyBill Corr
Preceded byMike Leavitt
Succeeded bySylvia Mathews Burwell
44th Governor of Kansas
In office
January 13, 2003 – April 28, 2009
LieutenantJohn E. Moore
Mark Parkinson
Preceded byBill Graves
Succeeded byMark Parkinson
23rd Kansas Insurance Commissioner
In office
January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003
GovernorBill Graves
Preceded byRonald L. Todd
Succeeded bySandy Praeger
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 56th district
In office
1987–1995
Preceded byJudith C. Runnels
Succeeded byNancy Kirk
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Gilligan

(1948-05-15) May 15, 1948 (age 76)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1974)
Children2
Parent
RelativesKeith Sebelius
(father-in-law)
EducationTrinity Washington University (BA)
University of Kansas (MPA)

Kathleen Sebelius (/sɪˈbliəs/; née Gilligan, born May 15, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before becoming secretary, she served as the 44th governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the second woman to hold that office. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sebelius was the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address[1] and is chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors Association (she was its first female chair).[2] She is CEO of Sebelius Resources LLC.

  1. ^ "Response to the 2008 State of the Union address". CNN. January 29, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  2. ^ "Sebelius Elected Chair of Democratic Governors Association; Kansas Governor Becomes First Woman to Lead DGA – 13 WTHR Indianapolis". Wthr.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.