Joshua Bolten
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| Joshua Brewster Bolten | |
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| Assumed office April 14, 2006 |
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| Under President | George W. Bush |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Card |
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| Born | August 16, 1955 (age 51) |
| Political party | Republican |
Joshua Brewster Bolten (born August 16, 1955[citation needed], or 1954 according to some sources) is U.S. President George W. Bush's White House Chief of Staff since April 14, 2006 replacing former Chief, Andrew Card.
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[edit] Early history
Bolten's father, Seymour Bolten, worked for the CIA and his mother, Analouise, taught world history at the George Washington University.[1] He graduated from St. Albans School, and he is now on the school's board. At Princeton University, he majored in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and served as class president and president of The Ivy Club. He graduated in 1976. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1980 and served as an editor of the law review.
[edit] Government service
Formerly the Director of Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Bolten was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to that position in 2003. Bolten was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the White House from 2001 to 2003. He previously served as policy director for the 2000 George W. Bush Presidential campaign from 1999 to 2000 and as Executive Director for Legal and Government Affairs at Goldman Sachs in London from 1994 to 1999. He was general counsel to the Office of the United States Trade Representative for three years and Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs for one year during the administration of George H. W. Bush. Bolten is the second Jewish person appointed as White House chief of staff (Ken Duberstein, who held that post during the Reagan Administration, was the first).[2]
Bolten was named as White House Chief of Staff to smooth relations with the United States Congress, and to reinvigorate the West Wing staff.[citation needed] He is credited with having assisted the President in recruiting Hank Paulson - the CEO of Goldman Sachs - to serve as Treasury Secretary, based on his former employment at the firm.[3] In addition, he recruited Tony Snow to work as White House Press Secretary, offered Rob Portman the opportunity to succeed him as OMB Director, and brought his OMB deputy Joel Kaplan in to the White House as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.[4]
Joshua Bolten plays bass guitar in a band called the Compassionates.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Birnbaum, Jeff. "Yosh!", Stanford Lawyer, Summer 2004.
- ^ Berger, Matthew. "New chief of staff has strong Jewish identity", Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, 31 March 2006. Retrieved on March 14, 2007.
- ^ Gleckman, Howard. "Paulson to the Rescue?", BusinessWeek, 30 May 2006.
- ^ Baker, Peter. "White House Personnel Changes Complete", Washington Post, 17 June 2006.
- ^ "White House's Bolten shows "Born to be Wild" side", Reuters, June 16, 2006. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
[edit] External links
- White House biography
- Joshua Bolten's political donations at newsmeat.com
- Biography in Stanford Law School magazine
- Who2 profile of Bolten
- Friends discuss Bolten's college experience at dailyprincetonian.com.
- Yale Daily News: Bolten's Former Yale Colleagues Discuss the New Bush Tap by Andrew Mangino and Maggie Reid
| Preceded by Mitch Daniels |
Director of the Office of Management and Budget 2003–2006 |
Succeeded by Rob Portman |
| Preceded by Andrew Card |
White House Chief of Staff April 14, 2006 – present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Michael Chertoff |
United States order of precedence as of 2007 |
Succeeded by Rob Portman |
| White House Chiefs of Staff |  |
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| Steelman • Adams • Persons • Haldeman • Haig • Rumsfeld • Cheney • Jordan • Watson • J Baker • Regan • H Baker • Duberstein • Sununu • Skinner • J Baker • McLarty • Panetta • Bowles • Podesta • Card • Bolten |
| Directors of the United States Office of Management and Budget |  |
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| Dawes • Lard • Roop • Douglas • D W Bell • Smith • Webb • Pace • Lawton • Dodge • Hughes • Brundage • Stans • D E Bell • Gordon • Schultze • Zwick • Mayo • Shultz • Weinberger • Ash • Lynn • Lance • McIntyre • Stockman • Wright • Miller • Wright • Darman • Panetta • Rivlin • Raines • Lew • Daniels • Bolten • Portman |
Bodman • Bolten • Chao • Cheney • Chertoff • Gates • Gonzales • Gutierrez • Jackson • Johanns • Johnson • Kempthorne • Leavitt • Nicholson • Paulson • Peters • Portman • Rice • Schwab • Spellings • Walters
