January 30, 2008
President George W. Bush today announced that he has asked Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt to serve as his personal representative at the funeral of Dr. Gordon B. Hinckley on February 2, 2008 in Salt Lake City.
George W. Bush, Press Release - Personnel Announcement Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/285145