What is Deb Haaland?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Deb Haaland | image = Secretary Deb Haaland, official headshot.jpg | office = 54th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] | president = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start = March 16, 2021 | term_end = January 20, 2025 | deputy = [[Tommy Beaudreau]] | predecessor = [[David Bernhardt]] | successor = [[Doug Burgum]] | state1 = [[New Mexico]] | district1 = {{ushr|NM|1|1st}} | term_start1 = January 3, 2019 | term_end1 = March 16, 2021 | predecessor1 = [[Michelle Lujan Grisham]] | successor1 = [[Melanie Stansbury]] | office2 = Chair of the [[Democratic Party of New Mexico|New Mexico Democratic Party]] | term_start2 = April 25, 2015 | term_end2 = April 29, 2017 | predecessor2 = Sam Bregman | successor2 = Richard Ellenberg | birth_name = Debra Anne Haaland | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|2}} | birth_place = [[Winslow, Arizona]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|Skip Sayre|2021}} | children = 1 | education = [[University of New Mexico]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | website = {{url|haaland.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Debra Anne Haaland''' (born December 2, 1960) is an American politician. Haaland was the 54th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] from 2021 to 2025 during the [[Joe Biden]] administration. She was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[New Mexico's 1st congressional district]] from January 3, 2019 until March 16, 2021. She is running for [[Governor of New Mexico]] in the [[2026 New Mexico gubernatorial election|2026 gubernatorial election]]. She is a former Chair of the [[Democratic Party of New Mexico]]. She was one of the first two Native American women to be elected to Congress, alongside [[Sharice Davids]], both in 2018.<ref>[http://fortune.com/2018/06/07/deb-haaland-new-mexico/ The U.S. Is Getting Its First Native American Congresswoman as Deb Haaland won and will assume office in January 2019], ''[[