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Andrew Card

Andy Card
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21st White House Chief of Staff
In office
January 20, 2001 – April 14, 2006
President George W. Bush
Preceded by John Podesta
Succeeded by Joshua Bolten
United States Secretary of Transportation
In office
February 24, 1992 – January 20, 1993
President George H. W. Bush
Preceded by Samuel K. Skinner
Succeeded by Federico Peña
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
In office
January 20, 1989 – February 3, 1992
President George H. W. Bush
Preceded by M. B. Oglesby
Succeeded by Henson Moore
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 7th Plymouth district
In office
1979–1983
Preceded by Charles Decas
Succeeded by Emmet Hayes
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 8th Norfolk district
In office
1975–1979
Preceded by Charles McGowan
Succeeded by Bill Keating
Personal details
Born Andrew Hill Card Jr.
(1947-05-10) May 10, 1947 (age 69)
Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Kathleene Card
Children 3
Education University of South Carolina, Columbia (BS)
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Harvard University
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch United States Merchant Marine
Years of service 1966–1967

Andrew Hill "Andy" Card, Jr. (born May 10, 1947) is an American politician who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006, as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.

Card announced his resignation as Chief of Staff on March 28, 2006, effective April 14, 2006. Card was the Acting Dean of The Bush School of Government and Public Service, at Texas A&M University while Ryan Crocker fulfilled his U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan responsibilities before stepping down in July 2012.

In 2014, he became the president of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, serving until he retired from that post in the summer of 2016.

Card was born on May 10, 1947 in Brockton, Massachusetts, the son of Joyce (née Whitaker) and Andrew Hill Card, Sr. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America's Old Colony Council and earned the rank of Life Scout. Later, he graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in engineering. He also attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Card served as a United States Merchant Marine from 1966 to 1967.


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