Hilda Solis

Hilda Solis in 2009

Hilda Solis (born October 20, 1957)^[1] is an American politician. She is currently a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for District 1. Before being elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for District 1, she was the United States Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2013. Solis was a member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 32nd congressional district before being elected as the Secretary of Labor.^[2] Prior to being a U.S. Representative, she was a 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 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.

Hilda Solis Media

Solis official portrait, as it appeared on her Congressional website in 2003
Solis at a 2006 appearance with local pharmacists concerned with Medicare Part D implementation
Solis (third from left) at a 2006 dedication ceremony for a conservation land acquisition along the San Gabriel River
New official Congressional portrait, 2007
Solis speaks at the announcement of her being chosen as the new Secretary of Labor. President-elect Barack Obama and United States Trade Representative-to-be Ron Kirk look on.
Secretary Solis is greeted on her first day of work at the Frances Perkins Building.
Official portrait as Secretary of Labor, 2009
President Obama, Secretary Solis, and other officials examine a map showing the location of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in 2010
Secretary Solis with farm worker organizer Richard Chavez in 2010, next to a mural depicting his brother César Chávez
The April 2010 meeting of the G20 labor ministers at the Department of Labor was the first of its kind.