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Donna Shalala

Politician

Donna Shalala is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Donna E. Shalala · Donna Shalala · Донна Шалала · Донна Шалейла · Դոննա Շալեյլա · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Donna Edna Shalala · Donna Esther Shalala · Shalala, Donna · Шалейла, Донна · 唐娜 · 夏萊拉 · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Shalala · 唐娜·夏拉拉 · 唐娜·沙拉拉 · 当娜·夏拉拉				[sources]
Birth date	1941-02-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Cleveland				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Donna · Edna				[sources]
Last name	Shalala				[sources]
Middle name	E.				[sources]
Phone	+12022253931				[sources]
Title	Ms.				[sources]
Website	donnashalala.com · shalala.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q292569				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2019-) · United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (1993-2001) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2019-2021)				[sources]
Education	American University · Miami University · Syracuse University · Western College for Women				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2019	2021
United States representative	2019-01-03

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,151

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,334

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,033

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,726

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,442

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-dab788d8668e0ba2d297d275f408016d72eaad7d · evpo-81f5a9f1-b67e-433a-8509-59c1efb9df34

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