Appointment of Mitchell Daniels, Jr., as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

The President today announced his intention to appoint Mitchell Daniels, Jr., as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Mr. Daniels served as executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 1983-1985. Previously, he was administrative assistant to Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana (1977-1982) and chief aide to then Mayor Richard Lugar of Indianapolis (1974-1976).

He graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1971 and received a J.D. degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1979.

He is married, has three children, and resides in Fairfax Station, VA. He was born April 7, 1949, in Monongahela, PA.