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Janet Ann Napolitano (;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Playbook 24/7 )〕 born November 29, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and university administrator who served as Governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009 and United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2013, under President Barack Obama. She has been president of the University of California system since September 2013, shortly after she resigned as Secretary of Homeland Security. Prior to her election as governor, she served as Attorney General of Arizona from 1999 to 2003. She was the first woman and the 23rd person to serve in that office. Napolitano is the 1977 Truman Scholar from New Mexico. She has been the first woman to serve in several offices, including Attorney General of Arizona, Secretary of Homeland Security, and president of the University of California. ''Forbes'' ranked her as the world's ninth most powerful woman in 2012. In 2008, she was cited by ''The New York Times'' to be among the women most likely to become the first female President of the United States. Some political commentators have suggested that she may run for President of the United States in the 2016 election.〔Mucha, Peter (September 11, 2013) ("Poll: Which woman would make the best president?." ), ''Philly.com''. Retrieved February 28, 2014.〕〔Levy, Pema (February 13, 2014) ("What if Hillary Doesen't Run for President in 2016?" ), ''Newsweek''. Retrieved February 28, 2014.〕 She has also been discussed as a contender for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. ==Early life== Janet Napolitano was born on November 29, 1957, in New York City, the daughter of Jane Marie (née Winer) and Leonard Michael Napolitano, who was the dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Her father was of Italian descent and her mother had German and Austrian ancestry.〔 Napolitano is a Methodist. She is one of three children; she has an older brother and younger sister. She was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she graduated from Sandia High School in Albuquerque in 1975 and was voted Most Likely to Succeed. She graduated from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, where she won a Truman Scholarship, and was valedictorian. In 1978, she studied for a term at the London School of Economics as part of Santa Clara's exchange programme through IES Abroad. She then received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Virginia School of Law. After law school she served as a law clerk for Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then joined Schroeder's former firm, Lewis and Roca located in Phoenix. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janet Napolitano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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