What is Hilda Solis?
[[File:Hilda Solis official DOL portrait.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hilda Solis in 2009]] '''Hilda Solis''' (born October 20, 1957)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001153 |title=SOLIS, Hilda - Biographical Information |work=bioguide.congress.gov |year=2011 |accessdate=February 21, 2011}}</ref> is an American politician and current member of the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] for District 1. She previously served as the [[United States Secretary of Labor]] from 2009 to 2013, and as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[California's congressional districts|California's 32nd congressional district]] from 2003 to 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/_sec/welcome.htm |title=U.S. Department of Labor -- Office of the Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis |work=dol.gov |year=2010 |accessdate=February 21, 2011 |archive-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217181750/http://www.dol.gov/_sec/welcome.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prior to being a U.S. Representative, she was a [[California State Senate|California State Senator]] and a member of the [[California State Assembly]]. She was the first Hispanic woman to serve in the California State Senate. Solis is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. She was elected to the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] for District 1 on June 3, 2014. She was sworn in on December 1, 2014. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Solis, Hilda}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Living people]] {{Obama cabinet|state=collapsed}} {{USSecLabor}} {{US-bio-stub}} [[Category:United States Secretaries of Labor]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Los Angeles]] [[Category:21st-century American politicians]]