Pat Brister
| Patricia Phillips "Pat" Brister | |
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| St. Tammany Parish President | |
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Assumed office 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Davis |
| Louisiana Republican Party State Chairman | |
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In office 2000–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Francis Charles "Chuck" McMains, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Roger F. Villere, Jr. |
| St. Tammany Parish Council member | |
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In office 2000–2008 |
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| Preceded by | New position replacing St. Tammany Parish Police Jury |
| Succeeded by | Reid Falconer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 6, 1946 Le Grange, Georgia, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Stanley Brister, Jr. |
| Residence | Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Businesswoman; Politician |
| Active at all levels of the Republican Party, Brister is the first and thus far only woman to serve as Louisiana state chairman. | |
Patricia Phillips Brister, known as Pat Brister (born December 6, 1946), a businesswoman and Republican politician from Mandeville, Louisiana, who is the president of the government in St. Tammany Parish in the New Orleans suburbs.
From 2000 to 2004, Brister served as chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, the first woman to have held that particular position. From 1996 to 2000, she was the Republican national committeewoman from Louisiana. She is also a former ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women under former U.S. President George W. Bush. Brister's tenure on the commission included the annual meetings held from February 28 through March 11, 2006, and again from February 25 to March 7, 2008. Brister has also served on the elected St. Tammany Parish Council. On October 22, 2011, she was elected parish president of St. Tammany Parish with 73 percent of the vote; she was sworn into office in January 2012.
In May 2006, Brister was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as ambassador to the Commission on the Status of Women, after her first convention session had ended. The commission was founded in 1946, a year after the United Nations was organized. During her tenure, Brister defended the Bush administration regarding its policies concerning the role of women and repeatedly praised the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as the United States secretary of state. "The policies of the U.S. government have been and continue to be to encourage countries to include women in their initiatives. President Bush has been a strong advocate of democratization and we fully believe empowering women will strengthen a country. We will continue to talk about that specific issue here at CSW," said Brister.
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