This article is about the former White House chief of staff. For the former Florida politician, see Ron Klein. For similarly named people, see Ron Klein (disambiguation).
Ron Klain
Official portrait, 2021
30th White House Chief of Staff
In office January 20, 2021 – February 7, 2023
President
Joe Biden
Deputy
Jen O'Malley Dillon Bruce Reed
Preceded by
Mark Meadows
Succeeded by
Jeff Zients
White House Ebola Response Coordinator
In office October 22, 2014 – February 15, 2015
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Chief of Staff to the Vice President
In office January 20, 2009 – January 14, 2011
Vice President
Joe Biden
Preceded by
David Addington
Succeeded by
Bruce Reed
In office November 1, 1995 – August 3, 1999
Vice President
Al Gore
Preceded by
Jack Quinn
Succeeded by
Charles Burson
Personal details
Born
Ronald Alan Klain
(1961-08-08) August 8, 1961 (age 62) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Monica Medina
Children
3
Education
Georgetown University (BA) Harvard University (JD)
Ronald Alan Klain (/ˈkleɪn/KLAYN; born August 8, 1961)[1] is an American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist who served as White House chief of staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023.
A Democrat, Klain previously served as chief of staff to two vice presidents: Al Gore from 1995 to 1999 and Biden from 2009 to 2011. He was also appointed by President Barack Obama as White House Ebola Response Coordinator after the appearance of Ebola virus cases in the United States, serving from 2014 to 2015.[2]
Throughout 2020 he worked as a senior advisor to Biden's presidential campaign.[3][4] Following his victory, Biden announced on November 12 that Klain would serve as White House chief of staff.[5][6] During his tenure as chief of staff, Klain was often characterized as a key ally of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party within the White House.[7][8][9]
In January 2023, Klain announced his plans to step down as chief of staff in the weeks after Biden's State of the Union address in February.[10][11] He was succeeded in the role by Jeff Zients on February 7.[11]
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^School, Harvard Law. "Ron Klain | Harvard Law School". Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^"Biden for President: More Senior Advisors". Democracy in Action. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020.
^Parnes, Amie (September 27, 2020). "Meet Joe Biden's chief debate guru". The Hill. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020.
^Shear, Michael D.; Glueck, Katie; Haberman, Maggie; Kaplan, Thomas (November 11, 2020). "Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
^"President-elect Joe Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff" (Press release). Washington: Biden-Harris Transition Team. November 12, 2020. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
^Strauss, Daniel (February 9, 2023). "Progressives Saw Ron Klain as Their Line to the White House. What Now?". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
^Cancryn, Adam (November 21, 2022). "Progressives, once skeptical of Biden, rally around his chief of staff". POLITICO. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
^Trudo, Hanna (February 22, 2021). "How Progressives Are Building Power in the Biden White House". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
^Baker, Peter; Rogers, Katie (January 21, 2023). "Ron Klain Expected to Step Down as Biden's White House Chief of Staff". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ abPhil Mattingly; Kaitlan Collins (January 22, 2023). "Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff". CNN. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
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