Nomination of Michael E. Zacharia To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce

The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael E. Zacharia to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Export Administration) at the Department of Commerce. This is a new position.

Since 1987 Mr. Zacharia has been Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Trade Controls at the Department of State in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he was a partner with the firm of Weintraub, Genshlea, Hardy, Erich & Brown, 1983-1987; Special Counsel to the Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1982-1983; and a White House fellow, serving as special assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State, 1981-1982. He was a participating associate for the firm of Fulbright & Jaworski, 1978-1981.

Mr. Zacharia graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley (A.B., 1973) and the University of California, San Francisco (J.D., 1976). He was born April 14, 1952, in Chicago, IL. He is married, has three children, and resides in Annandale, VA.