Pam Bondi, born on November seventeenth, nineteen sixty-five, is a prominent American attorney and politician. She has made significant strides in her career, notably serving as the 87th United States attorney general since 2025. A dedicated member of the Republican Party, Bondi previously held the position of the 37th attorney general of Florida from two thousand eleven to two thousand nineteen, marking a historic moment as the first woman to occupy this role.
Raised in the Tampa Bay area, Bondi pursued her education at the University of Florida and later graduated from Stetson Law School. Her legal career began as an assistant state attorney in Hillsborough County, Florida, where she worked from nineteen ninety-four until two thousand nine. In two thousand ten, she was elected as Florida's attorney general, and her re-election in two thousand fourteen made her the first Republican to secure a second term in this office.
After being term-limited in two thousand eighteen, Bondi continued to play a significant role in national politics. In two thousand twenty, she served as one of President Donald Trump's defense lawyers during his first impeachment trial. By two thousand twenty-four, she was leading the legal arm of the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute. Her political journey took another turn when, on November twenty-first, two thousand twenty-four, President-elect Trump nominated her for U.S. attorney general, following the withdrawal of former congressman Matt Gaetz from consideration.
Bondi's confirmation by the U.S. Senate came on February fourth, two thousand twenty-five, with a vote of fifty-four to forty-six, and she was sworn in the following day, further solidifying her influence in American law and politics.