Denis McDonough
| Denis McDonough | |
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| 26th White House Chief of Staff | |
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In office January 20, 2013 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jack Lew |
| Succeeded by | Reince Priebus |
| Deputy National Security Advisor | |
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In office October 20, 2010 – January 20, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Thomas Donilon |
| Succeeded by | Tony Blinken |
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Denis Richard McDonough December 2, 1969 Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Karin Hillstrom |
| Education |
St. John's University, Minnesota (BA) Georgetown University (MS) |
Denis Richard McDonough (born December 2, 1969) was the 26th White House Chief of Staff, succeeding Jack Lew at the start of President Barack Obama's second term.
McDonough was born on December 2, 1969, in Stillwater, Minnesota. He is one of eleven children of Kathleen Marie (O'Mahony) and William Joseph McDonough. He was raised in a devout Catholic family.
McDonough attended Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he played safety on the Johnnies football team for Hall of Fame coach John Gagliardi. McDonough was a member of teams that won two conference titles in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. McDonough graduated from Saint John's University with a B.A. summa cum laude in history and Spanish in 1992. After graduation, McDonough traveled extensively throughout Latin America and taught high school in Belize.
He graduated from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service with an MSFS degree in 1996.
From 1996 to 1999, McDonough worked as an aide to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he focused on Latin America. McDonough then served as a senior foreign policy advisor to Senator Tom Daschle. After Daschle's re-election defeat in 2004, McDonough became legislative director for newly elected Senator Ken Salazar. McDonough later served as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in 2004.
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