Joe Hagin
| Joe Hagin | |
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Hagin (right) swearing in Josh Bolten
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| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations | |
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Assumed office January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Anita Decker Breckenridge |
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In office January 20, 2001 – July 20, 2008 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Steve Ricchetti |
| Succeeded by | Blake Gottesman |
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Joseph Whitehouse Hagin II January 6, 1956 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Kenyon College (BA) |
Joseph Whitehouse "Joe" Hagin II (born January 6, 1956) is serving as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Trump, a role he also served in for President George W. Bush from 2001 until the week of July 20, 2008. In September 2008, he was interim CEO of Jet Support Services Inc. Joe Hagin co-founded Command Consulting Group in April 2009.
Hagin was born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in the Village of Indian Hill near Cincinnati, Ohio. He received a B.A. from Kenyon College in 1979 where he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He is single.
Hagin aided George H.W. Bush during his unsuccessful GOP presidential nomination campaign in 1979. When Bush became Vice President in 1981, he selected Hagin as his personal aide. Bush also appointed him to head the Vice President's Legislative Affairs, 1983-85. In 1985, Hagin left the White House to be Public Affairs Director for Federated Department Stores, which owns Macy's and Bloomingdale's.
He returned to politics during the 1988 presidential campaign where he aided Bush in his successful run. He continued his service during the administration as Appointments Secretary to the President until he took a job as vice president of corporate affairs at Chiquita Brands International in 1991. Hagin also served as a volunteer firefighter for the Madeira Indian Hill Joint Fire District while working for Chiquita Brands International.
Hagin aided George W. Bush as a deputy campaign manager during the 2000 presidential campaign. He was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff in 2001 and remained in the position until July 2008. Prior to Karl Rove's resignation in 2007, Hagin's day-to-day power rivaled that of Rove.
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