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Janet Reno
Janet Reno
  • Born: July 21, 1938
  • Died: November 7, 2016
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Public Servant

Janet Wood Reno was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1993 until 2001. President Bill Clinton nominated Reno on February 11, 1993, and the Senate confirmed her the following month. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second-longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history, after William Wirt.