Haaland, Debra A. (Debra Anne), 1960-

Debra Anne Haaland (born December 2, 1960) is an American politician serving as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior since March 16, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017 and as the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021.

Haaland was born in Winslow, Arizona. She is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo. The Pueblo people have lived on the land that is now the state of New Mexico since the 1200s and Haaland identifies herself as a 35th-generation New Mexican. As a child in a military family, Haaland moved frequently, attending 13 public schools across the United States before the family settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be close to family who also belong to the Laguna Pueblo. Haaland graduated from Highland High School in Albuquerque. In 1988, she enrolled at the University of New Mexico, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1994. She later earned her Juris Doctor in Indian law from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2006.

After a failed run to be Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico in 2014, Haaland was elected to a two-year term as the chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico in April 2015. After the expiration of her term as state party chair, Haaland announced her intention to run for the United States House of Representatives in New Mexico's 1st congressional district in the 2018 elections. Victorious in the primary and general election, she was one of the first two Native American women elected to the U.S. Congress along with Sharice Davids. She was re-elected in 2020.

On December 17, 2020, President Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 2021, by a vote of 51–40. Following her swearing-in on March 16, 2021, she became the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary and the second to serve in the Cabinet, after Republican former vice president and Kaw Nation citizen Charles Curtis.