List of minority attorneys general in the United States
This is a list of minority attorneys general in the United States. In the United States, an ethnic minority is anyone who has at least one parent who is not of non-Hispanic white descent (such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islands Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, or Native Americans). Ethnic minorities currently constitute around 41% of the total population.[1]
List of ethnic-minority federal attorneys general
[edit]- Italics denotes acting Attorney-General
Portrait | Name | Minority Ethnicity | Party | Took office | Left office | President(s) |
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Eric Holder[2] | African American Barbadian American |
Democratic | January 20, 2001 | February 2, 2001 | George W. Bush |
February 3, 2009 | April 27, 2015 | Barack Obama | ||||
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Alberto Gonzales | Mexican American | Republican | February 3, 2005 | September 17, 2007 | George W. Bush |
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Loretta Lynch | African American | Democratic | April 27, 2015 | January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama |
List of ethnic-minority state attorneys general
[edit]- Italics denotes acting Attorney-General
Territorial attorneys general
[edit]Several attorneys general of U.S. territories have been ethnic minorities. Many of these officials were appointed before elections were instituted in these jurisdictions. In each of the five current U.S. territories, Hispanic or non-white ethnic groups make up large majorities: Puerto Rican Hispanic Americans in Puerto Rico, African Americans in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Chamorros in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, and Samoans in American Samoa. Elected attorneys general and some appointed attorneys general in these territories that have come from these majority ethnic groups are not listed here; for more details see the lists in the articles for Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands, Attorney General of Guam, Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Attorney General of American Samoa.
- Italics denotes acting Attorney-General
Picture | Name | Ethnicity | Party | State | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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Michiro Watanabe[44] | Japanese American | Territory of Hawaii | March 1, 1952 | March 2, 1953 | Retired | |
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Shiro Kashiwa | Japanese American | Territory of Hawaii | May 8, 1957 | June 8, 1957 | Would again serve as AG after Hawaii attained statehood | |
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Herbert Choy | Korean American | Territory of Hawaii | June 13, 1957 | November 30, 1958 | ||
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Jack H. Mizuha | Japanese American | Republican | Territory of Hawaii | December 16, 1958 | 1959 | Resigned to accept appointment to the Circuit Court |
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Luis Sánchez Betances | Dominican American | Puerto Rico | January 2, 2013 | December 28, 2013 | Resigned | |
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Douglas Moylan | Native Hawaiian Chinese American |
Republican | Guam | January 6, 2003 | January 3, 2007 | Retired |
January 18, 2023 | Incumbent |
See also
[edit]- Governor (United States)
- List of current United States governors
- List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States
- List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States
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