Pete Rouse
| Pete Rouse | |
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| Counselor to the President | |
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In office January 13, 2011 – January 1, 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Ed Gillespie (2009) |
| Succeeded by | John Podesta |
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White House Chief of Staff Acting |
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In office October 1, 2010 – January 13, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Rahm Emanuel |
| Succeeded by | Bill Daley |
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Barry Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Brian Deese |
| Personal details | |
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Peter Mikami Rouse April 15, 1946 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Colby College (BA) London School of Economics (MA) Harvard University (MPA) |
Peter Mikami "Pete" Rouse (born April 15, 1946) is an American political consultant who served as interim White House Chief of Staff to U.S. President Barack Obama. Rouse has spent years on Capitol Hill, becoming known as the "101st senator" during his tenure as Chief of Staff to Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle. When Daschle lost his seat in 2004, Rouse was persuaded to stay in Congress as Chief of Staff to then-freshman Senator Barack Obama. Rouse followed Obama to the White House as a senior advisor in 2008 and became interim Chief of Staff there for several months following the departure of Rahm Emanuel in October 2010, and subsequent appointment of William M. Daley the following January. Rouse remained with the White House until late 2013 as Counselor to the President.
Rouse was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Mary Uta (née Mikami) and Irving Rouse. His father was of English and some Bohemian (Czech) descent, and his mother was of Japanese ancestry (Rouse is a sansei (third generation)). Rouse's mother grew up as a child only speaking Japanese. Rouse's maternal grandfather emigrated from Tokyo to San Francisco in 1885. He returned to Japan in 1910 to marry his wife, before they then moved back to the U.S., eventually settling in Alaska in 1915. The Mikamis retired to Los Angeles shortly before World War II began. They were later sent to an internment camp in Arizona during the War.
Rouse received a B.A. from Colby College in 1968, an M.A. from the London School of Economics in 1970, and an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1977.
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