Karen Hughes
| Karen Hughes | |
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| 4th Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs | |
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In office July 29, 2005 – December 14, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Margaret Tutwiler |
| Succeeded by | James Glassman |
| Counselor to the President | |
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In office January 20, 2001 – July 8, 2002 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Ann Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Dan Bartlett (2005) |
| White House Director of Communications | |
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In office January 20, 2001 – October 2, 2001 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Loretta Ucelli |
| Succeeded by | Dan Bartlett |
| Personal details | |
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Karen Parfitt Hughes December 27, 1956 Paris, France |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Southern Methodist University (BA) |
Karen Parfitt Hughes (born December 27, 1956) is the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller. She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State and as a counsellor to United States President George W. Bush.
Born in Paris, France, Hughes is the daughter of American parents Patricia Rose (Scully) and Harold Parfitt, the last U.S. Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. After graduating from W. T. White High School in Dallas, Texas, Hughes earned a bachelor's degree at Southern Methodist University in 1977 where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
Hughes worked as a television news reporter from 1977 to 1984. As a reporter, Hughes followed the 1980 presidential campaign. In 1984, she went to work as the Texas press coordinator for the Reagan-Bush campaign in the 1984 United States presidential election. She later became executive director of the Republican Party of Texas.
Since 1994, Hughes has worked with George W. Bush, first as director of his campaign for the office of governor of Texas, and then as a from 2001 to 2002, while he was President of the United States.
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