Thomas Perez
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| Chair of the Democratic National Committee | |
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Assumed office February 25, 2017 |
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| Deputy | Keith Ellison |
| Preceded by | Donna Brazile (Acting) |
| 26th United States Secretary of Labor | |
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In office July 23, 2013 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Chris Lu |
| Preceded by | Hilda Solis |
| Succeeded by | Ed Hugler (Acting) |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights | |
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In office October 8, 2009 – July 23, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Wan Kim |
| Succeeded by | Joycelyn Samuels (Acting) |
| Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation | |
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In office March 15, 2007 – October 7, 2009 |
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| Governor | Martin O'Malley |
| Preceded by | James Fielder |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Sanchez |
| Personal details | |
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Thomas Edward Perez October 7, 1961 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Staudenmaier |
| Children | 3 |
| Education |
Brown University (BA) Harvard University (MPP, JD) |
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Thomas Edward "Tom" Perez (born October 7, 1961) is an American Democratic Party politician, consumer advocate, civil rights lawyer, and Chair of the Democratic National Committee since 2017. Perez was the United States Secretary of Labor from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that he served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Perez is a graduate of Brown University, Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He worked as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado before serving in the Department of Justice from 1989 to 1995, where he worked as a federal prosecutor, and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights under Attorney General Janet Reno. He worked as a Special Counselor for Senator Ted Kennedy until 1998 when he served as the Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the final years of the Clinton administration.
Perez was then elected to the Montgomery County (Maryland) Council in 2002, serving as the council's president from 2005, until the end of his tenure in 2006. He attempted to run for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of Maryland, but was disqualified for not having 10 years of legal experience in Maryland (he was admitted to the Maryland bar in 2001). Perez was appointed by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley to serve as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation in January 2007, until his October 2009 confirmation by the United States Senate as Assistant Attorney General.
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