Hilda Solis

Hilda L. Solis ( born October 20, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is an American politician (Democratic Party). She practices since February 24, 2009 from the Office of the Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet Obama. In January 2013, she announced her resignation. On March 18, 2013 U.S. President Barack Obama Thomas Perez has been nominated as her successor.

Solis was raised in La Puente as a third of seven children of a Nicaraguan and a Mexican. In 1979 she obtained a bachelor's degree with a major in Political Science at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. In 1981 she finished her studies in Public Administration at the University of Southern California with a Master. After various positions in political commissions it from 1992 to 1994 Member of the California State Assembly.

Solis was elected to the Senate from California in 1994 and put himself in her tenure for raising the minimum wage and the extension of laws against domestic violence. In 2000, she received because of their ecological commitment as the first woman to John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award. In 2001, she then moved into the U.S. House of Representatives, where she represented the 32th Congressional District of California; This includes large parts of Los Angeles County. Since then she has undergone four confirmed recently in 2008 unopposed.

In 2003, she was appointed a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. On 19 December 2008, the President-elect Barack Obama chose them for the post of Secretary of Labor. The confirmation by the U.S. Senate was delayed initially because the opposition Republicans for not having answered questions about their work for the advocacy group American Rights at Work in the mandatory consultation sufficiently reproached her. Then finally took place on 24 February 2009, 80:17 confirmation votes.

Solis is married to Sam H. Sayyad and lives in El Monte, California. She is Roman Catholics and for a liberal abortion policy.