Betsy DeVos: Perbedaan antara revisi

|image = Betsy DeVos official portrait.jpg

|term_end = 8 Januari 2021

|successor = [[Miguel Cardona]]

'''Elisabeth Dee "Betsy" DeVos''' {{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|v|ɒ|s}} ([[née]]: '''Prince'''; {{lahirmati||8|1|1958}}) adalah mantan [[Menteri Pendidikan Amerika Serikat]] dan seorang [[pengusaha]], [[filantropis]], dan [[aktivis]] asal [[Amerika Serikat]] yang menjabat sebagai [[Menteri Pendidikan Amerika Serikat]] saat ini.

DeVos menikah dengan [[Dick DeVos]], mantan CEO perusahaan [[pemasaran berjenjang]] [[Amway]], dan menantu dari miliarder dan salah satu pendiri Amway, [[Richard DeVos]].<ref>Chase Peterson-Withorn (November 23rd 2016),[http://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2016/11/23/trump-picks-betsy-devos-daughter-in-law-of-billionaire-amway-cofounder-for-education-secretary/#1e1f29875313 Trump Picks Betsy DeVos, Daughter-In-Law Of Billionaire Amway Cofounder, For Education Secretary] Forbes, Retrieved 20th December 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How Betsy DeVos Could Fix America's Broken Education System|date=January 22, 2017|url=http://newhampshirereview.com/education/how-bestsy-devos-fix-education-system/|website=NewHampshireReview.com|publisher=The New Hampshire Review|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref> Adiknya, [[Erik Prince]], seorang mantan perwira [[Navy SEAL]], adalah pendiri [[Academi|Blackwater USA]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Scahill|first=Jeremy|title=Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Arm|url=https://archive.org/details/blackwaterriseof00scah|publisher=Nation Books|year=2008|asin=B0097CYTYA}}{{cite book|last=Prince|first=Erik|title=Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror|url=https://archive.org/details/civilianwarriors0000prin|publisher=Portfolio|year=2014|isbn=978-1-59184-745-8}}</ref> DeVos adalah putri dari [[Edgar Prince]], pendiri Prince Corporation.<ref name="Edgar D. Prince">"[http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/edgar-d-prince/ Edgar D. Prince]". [[New Netherland Institute]]. newnetherlandinstitute.org.</ref><ref>Benjamin Wermund and Kimberly Hefling (November 25th, 2016), [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/betsy-devos-education-secretary-civil-rights-gay-transgender-students-231837 Trump's education secretary pick supported anti-gay causes], [[Politico]], Retrieved 14 December 2016.</ref>

Pada 23 November 2016, [[Presiden Amerika Serikat|Presiden terpilih]] [[Donald Trump]] mengumumkan bahwa ia akan mencalonkan DeVos sebagai [[Menteri Pendidikan Amerika Serikat|Menteri Pendidikan]] di dalam [[Kabinet Donald Trump|pemerintahannya]].<ref name="Brown">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-picks-billionaire-betsy-devos-school-voucher-advocate-as-education-secretary/2016/11/23/c3d66b94-af96-11e6-840f-e3ebab6bcdd3_story.html?utm_term=.d503cee3644f |title=Trump picks billionaire Betsy DeVos, school voucher advocate, as education secretary |last=Brown | first=Emma | date=November 23, 2016 | work=[[The Washington Post]] | publisher=Washington Post | accessdate=December 2, 2016}}</ref> Pada 31 Januari 2017, setelah adanya pertentangan yang kuat atas pencalonannya dari Partai Demokrat, dan mengutip isu yang diangkat selama kesaksian DeVos, [[Komite Senat Amerika Serikat untuk Kesehatan, Pendidikan, Tenaga Kerja, dan Pensiunan]] menyetujui pencalonan dirinya, kemudian komite mengirimkan pencalonannya ke lantai Senat.<ref name="hill-committee-approves">{{cite news|last1=Hagen|first1=Lisa|title=Senate committee approves DeVos nomination|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317044-senate-committee-approves-devos-nomination|accessdate=January 31, 2017|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=January 31, 2017|quote="Komite untuk Kesehatan, Pendidikan, Tenaga Kerja dan Pensiunan (''Health, Education, Labor and Pensions'', HELP) Selasa pagi menyetujui pencalonan Betsy DeVos untuk memimpin Departemen Pendidikan. DeVos disetujui oleh 12 senator, berbanding dengan 11 senator yang menolaknya."}}</ref> Pada 7 Februari 2017, pencalonan DeVos dikonfirmasi oleh Senat dengan persetujuan 51-50, [[Wakil Presiden Amerika Serikat|Wakil Presiden]] [[Mike Pence]] ikut mendukung pencalonan Devos dengan memilih setuju untuk menghindari hasil imbang persetujuan dari para senator.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/politics/betsy-devos-education-secretary-confirmed.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=64887255&pgtype=Homepage |title=Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary; Pence Breaks Tie |last=Hutterman |first=Emmarie |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Elving |first=Ron |date=February 7, 2017 |title=Pence Becomes First VP To Break Senate Tie Over Cabinet Nomination |archive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20170207181344/http://www.npr.org/2017/02/07/513836576/pence-becomes-first-vp-to-break-senate-tie-over-cabinet-nomination |archive-date=February 7, 2017-02-07 |url=http://www.npr.org/2017/02/07/513836576/pence-becomes-first-vp-to-break-senate-tie-over-cabinet-nomination |newspaper= NPR |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=February 7, 2017 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Huetteman |first=Emmarie |date=February 7, 2017 |title=Mike Pence's Vote on a Cabinet Nominee Would Be Historic|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/politics/mike-pence-tie-break-betsy-devos.html |newspaper= The New York Times |location=New York |access-date=February 7, 2017 }}</ref>