Ron Klain

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Person.png Ron Klain   InfluencewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Ron Klain briefing Obama 2014.jpg
BornAugust 8, 1961
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
EthnicityJewish
Alma materGeorgetown University, Harvard University
Children3
SpouseMonica Medina
InterestsEbola
PartyDemocratic
White House Chief of Staff under Joe Biden. No fan of "overpopulation"

Employment.png White House Chief of Staff Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
January 20, 2021 - February 7, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden

Employment.png Ebola Response Coordinator

In office
October 17, 2014 - Present

Employment.png Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States

In office
January 20, 2009 - January 14, 2011
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byDavid Addington

Employment.png Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States

In office
November 1, 1995 - October 1999
Appointed byAl Gore
Preceded byJack Quinn

Ronald Alan Klain is an American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist. He was White House Chief of Staff under Joe Biden from 2021 until 2023.

Career

A member of the Democratic Party, he was chief of staff to two U.S. vice presidents: Al Gore (1995–1999) and Joe Biden (2009–2011). After there were reported "Ebola virus" cases in the United States, he was appointed by Barack Obama to be the White House Ebola Response Coordinator in late 2014, working into early 2015.[1]

In early 2020, he joined Biden's presidential campaign as a senior advisor. Following his victory, president-elect Biden announced that Klain would become his White House Chief of Staff from January 2021.

As White House Chief of Staff, Klain was notable for his active presence on Twitter. Among other posts he has made in the role are retweets of statements calling the administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine mandates "the ultimate work-around" for the government to require vaccinations.[2]

Views on Overpopulation

In 2008, Klain stated in an interview that "I think the top leadership challenge issue in our world today is how to deal with the continuing, growing population in the world and all the resource demands it places on the world and burgeoning populations in Africa and Asia that lack the resources to have a healthy, happy life."[3]


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