Kirstjen Michele Nielsen (born May 14, 1972) is an American attorney, government official and national security expert who is the current United States Secretary of Homeland Security. Prior to the cabinet post, Nielsen served as Principal Deputy White House Chief of Staff to President Donald Trump from September 6, 2017, to December 6, 2017, and chief of staff to John F. Kelly during his term as Secretary of Homeland Security from January to July 2017. On December 5, 2017, she was confirmed by the Senate, and was sworn in the next day.
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Education
Growing up in Clearwater, Florida, Nielsen graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1999.
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Early career
Nielsen served during the George W. Bush administration as special assistant to the president and as senior director for prevention, preparedness and response at the White House Homeland Security Council. She also set-up and led as Administrator of Transportation Security Administration's Office of Legislative Policy and Government Affairs.
Before serving in the Trump administration, she was a senior member of the Resilience Task Force of the Center for Cyber & Homeland Security committee at George Washington University and served on the Global Risks Report Advisory Board of the World Economic Forum.
Nielsen is the founder and former President of Sunesis Consulting. Sunesis was awarded numerous government contracts under President Obama's administration.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Nielsen previously served as John F. Kelly's Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security. She had informally performed the role of White House Deputy Chief of Staff since John F. Kelly assumed the office of White House Chief of Staff on July 31, 2017, at which point Elaine Duke became acting Secretary of Homeland Security.
Secretary of Homeland Security
On October 11, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Nielsen to be the new United States Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing acting secretary Elaine Duke. On December 5, 2017, the Senate confirmed her nomination, by a 62-37 vote. On December 6, 2017, she was sworn in as Secretary of Homeland Security.
References
External links
Media related to Kirstjen Nielsen at Wikimedia Commons
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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