Deb Haaland

Deb Haaland's story carries a weight I find hard to overstate. From Winslow, Arizona, through the University of New Mexico law school, she became one of the first Native American cabinet secretaries, and crucially she led the Interior Department, the very agency tied to Indigenous affairs. That she held that role from 2021 to 2025 turns a long history of exclusion on its head. I'm drawn to leaders who open doors that were bolted shut for others, because their presence becomes a path for the next generation. To me, Haaland represents representation made tangible rather than symbolic.

Name (English)

Deb Haaland

Name (Japanese)

デブ・ハーランド

Reading

でぶ・はーらんど

Born

December 2, 1960 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Winslow, Arizona, United States

Occupation

politician / businessperson / business executive / civil servant

High school

Highland High School

University

University of New Mexico School of Law

• Official sitehttps://www.doi.gov/secretary-deb-haaland
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/repdebhaaland/
• Xhttps://x.com/Deb4CongressNM
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb%20Haaland
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54860790

Tags

• Arizona
• politician
• businessperson
• business executive

Last updated

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.