Kamala Devi Harris, born on October 20, 1964, is better known as Kamala Harris, is a prominent American attorney and politician who is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. Kamala Harris is the highest ranking female official in the U.S history. She is a Democratic party member who serve as the attorney general (AG) of California from 2011-2017 and from 2017-2021 she served as the U.S senator representing the California.
Kalama Harris Bio:
Full Name: | Kalama Devi Harris |
Date Of Birth: | October 20,1964 |
Education: | Howard University (BA) University of California, Hastings (JD) |
Occupation (s): | Politician, Lawyer |
Parents: | Donald J. Harris and Shyamala Gopalan |
Siblings: | Maya Harris |
Children: | No children but she has a step children (Cole And Ella Emhoff) |
Husband: | Doug Emhoff |
Net Worth: | $6.80 million to $15.25 million. |
Height: | 5 feet, 2 inches tall |
Early Life And Education
Kamala Harris born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California to Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan.
Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a Tamil Indian biologist, her father, Donald J. Harris, is of African and Irish ancestry. He is a Stanford University professor of economics (emeritus).
Donald Harris met his future wife at the college club for African-American students but Gopalan was allowed to Joined.
Kamala was born and her parents raised her well, showing her genuine undiluted love.
She attended the Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the law.
Career
She started her career in the office of the district attorney (DA) of Alameda Country, and later she was recruited to the San Francisco DA’s Office and also to the City attorney of San Francisco Office.
In 2003, she was elected DA of San Francisco. In 2010, she was elected AG of California.
In 2015, she was re-elected as the AG of California. In 2017, she served as the junior U.S. senator from California and she served to 2021.
In 2016, she became the second African-American woman and the first South Asian-American to serve in he U.S Senate.
In 2020 she sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination but she withdrew from the race to the primaries.In 2021, Harris and Biden were inaugurated on January 20, 2021.
And she assumed the office as the United States vice president.On January 18, 2021, Kalama Harris resigned her Senate seat two days before her swearing-in as vice president.
She swore in her replacement Alex Padilla and Georgia, senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff who were elected in 2021 runoff elections, the swearing-in was her first act as a vice president.
Personal Life
Kalama Harris is married, she met her Husband attorney Doug Emhoff through a mutual friend who set them up on a blind date in 2013, they got married on August 22,2014 in Santa Barbara, California.
Emhoff had two children already so Harris became a step mom for Emhoff’s two children, Cole and Ella.
Harris is a Baptist, she is a member of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, a congregation of the American Baptist Churches USA.
She has a sister, Maya Harris, Maya is a lawyer and MSNBC political analyst. She also has a brother-in-law, Tony West, the general counsel of Uber and a former United States Department of Justice senior official.
And her niece, Meena is the founder of the phenomenal Women Action Campaign and the former head of strategy and leadership at Uber.
Does Kalama Harris has a child of her own?
Kalama Harris has no child of her own but she has step children, Cole and Ella Emhoff, She has a supportive family.
Kalama Harris Net Worth
Kalama Harris the 49th vice president of the United States has an estimated Net Worth of about $6.80 million to $15.25 million.