Appointment of Haley Barbour as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Political Affairs

The President today announced the appointment of Haley Barbour to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Director, Office of Political Affairs. He will succeed William Lacey.

Since April 1985 he has served as Special Assistant to the President for Political Affairs, functioning as White House political liaison to the Senate. Previously, he was a partner in the law firm of Henry, Barbour and DeCell, and a director of the Deposit Guaranty Corp. From 1973 to 1976, he served as the executive director of the Mississippi Republican Party and of the Southern Association of Republican State Chairmen. He was the Republican nominee in the 1982 Mississippi Senate race against Senator John Stennis. Mr. Barbour is the Republican national committeeman for the State of Mississippi.

He graduated from the University of Mississippi (J.D., 1973). He is married and has two children. Mr. Barbour was born October 22, 1947, in Yazoo City, MS.