Kamala Devi Harris

Kamala Devi Harris

Kamala Devi Harris

Making history as the first female, African American, and South Asian American Vice President, Kamala Devi Harris cast a record-breaking number of tie-breaking votes in the Senate to pass key administration legislation. She championed reproductive freedom, voting rights, and international diplomacy, later becoming the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee after Biden's withdrawal.

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Year Kamala Devi Harris
1964
Birth of Kamala Devi Harris (Period: October 20, 1964, Location: Oakland, California, United States)
1976
Immigration to Montreal, Canada (Age: 11 years old, Period: 1976, Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Westmount High School (Age: 11 years old, Period: Circa 1976–1981, Location: Westmount, Montreal Island, Quebec, Canada)
1981
Vanier College (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1981–1982, Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
1982
Howard University (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1982–1986, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1986
University of California, Hastings College of the Law (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1986–1989, Location: San Francisco, California, United States)
1990
Employment at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office (Age: 25 years old, Period: 1990–1998, Location: Alameda County, California, United States)
1998
Move to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1998, Location: San Francisco, California, United States)
2001
War in Afghanistan and US troop withdrawal (Age: 36 years old, Period: 2001–2021 (US troop withdrawal in August 2021), Location: Afghanistan, Kabul)
2003
Allegations of campaign exaggeration regarding prosecutorial record (Age: 38 years old, Period: 2003, Location: San Francisco, California, United States)
Political activities in the Democratic Party (Age: 38 years old, Period: 2003–Present, Location: California, Washington, D.C., United States)
2004
Election to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (Age: 40 years old, Period: November 2003 (assumed office in January 2004), Location: San Francisco, California, United States)
2009
San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory evidence scandal (Age: 44 years old, Period: Issues came to light in 2009, investigative and litigation impact expanded from 2010 onwards, Location: Hunters Point, San Francisco, California, United States)
2011
Criticism of prosecutorial policies during tenure as California Attorney General (Age: 46 years old, Period: 2011–2017, Location: California, United States)
Election as Attorney General of California (Age: 47 years old, Period: November 2010 (assumed office in January 2011), Location: California, United States)
2014
Marriage (Kamala Devi Harris, Douglas Emhoff, Age: 49 years old, Period: August 22, 2014, Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States)
2017
Election to the US Senate (Age: 53 years old, Period: November 2016 (assumed office in January 2017), Location: California, Washington, D.C., United States)
2020
COVID-19 pandemic (Age: 55 years old, Period: 2020–2023 (global emergency declaration ended in May 2023), Location: Global locations, across the United States)
Nomination for Vice President in the 2020 US presidential election (Age: 55 years old, Period: August–November 2020, Location: Delaware and various states, United States)
2021
Inauguration as Vice President of the United States (Age: 56 years old, Period: January 20, 2021, Location: Washington, D.C., United States Capitol, United States)
2022
Russo-Ukrainian War (Age: 57 years old, Period: February 2022–present, Location: Ukraine, Russia and surrounding areas)
2023
Israel-Hamas war (Age: 58 years old, Period: October 2023–present, Location: Israel, the Gaza Strip and surrounding Palestinian territories)
2024
Run for the 2024 US presidential election (Age: 59 years old, Period: July–November 2024, Location: Various states and Washington, D.C., United States)
2025
End of term as Vice President (Age: 60 years old, Period: January 20, 2025, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)

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