# Napolitano becomes University of California president

Date: 2013

On 30 September 2013 former Homeland Security Secretary and two-term Arizona governor [Janet Napolitano](/people/janet-napolitano) took office as the 20th president of the University of California, the first woman to hold the post in its 145-year history. A 2017 state audit later criticised her office's handling of reserve funds.

## People

- Janet Napolitano: https://factrail.ai/people/janet-napolitano

## Sources

- https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/janet-napolitano-assumes-post-248652
- https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/university-california-president-janet-napolitano-announces-decision-step-down-next-year
- https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2013-jul-12-la-me-uc-president-20130713-story.html

## Methodology

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