Appointment of Robert B. Zoellick as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President

The President today announced the appointment of Robert B. Zoellick, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Chief of Staff to the President.

Since 1991, Mr. Zoellick has served as Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs and also as Counselor of the Department of State since 1989. Prior to this, Mr. Zoellick served on the State Department transition, 1988 - 89. Mr. Zoellick also has served in several capacities at the Department of the Treasury: Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and Executive Secretary, 1988; Executive Secretary and Special Advisor to the Secretary, 1986 - 87; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy, 1985 - 86; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy, 1985 - 86; and Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, 1985. In addition, Mr. Zoellick has served as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982 - 83; as a staff assistant in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice, 1978 - 79; and as a research assistant for the Council on Wage and Price Stability in the Executive Office of the President, 1975 - 76.

Mr. Zoellick graduated from Swarthmore College (B.A., 1975), Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P., 1981), and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1981). He was born July 25, 1953, in Evergreen Park, IL. Mr. Zoellick is married and resides in Washington, DC.