predecessor successor religion birth_place president title party birth_date term_start order spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
alexis herman paul coverdell hilda solis carol bellamy southern baptist taipei , taiwan george w. bush george h. w. bush united corps states secretary of labor director of the peace republican 26 march 1953 january 20 , 2001 1991 24th 12th mitch mcconnell elaine chao large.jpg elaine chao
 january 20 , 2009 1992 elaine chao mount holyoke college harvard business school
elaine chao

elaine lan chao -lrb- ; born march 26 , 1953 -rrb- is an american economist who served as the 24th u.s. secretary of labor under president george w. bush from 2001 to 2009 .
born in taiwan to chinese parents , she was the first asian american woman in u.s. history to be appointed to a u.s. president 's cabinet .
she is married to u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell .
