Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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