Robert Gibbs
| Robert Gibbs | |
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| 27th White House Press Secretary | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – February 11, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy |
Jen Psaki Bill Burton |
| Preceded by | Dana Perino |
| Succeeded by | Jay Carney |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Robert Lane Gibbs March 29, 1971 Auburn, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Catherine Gibbs |
| Alma mater | North Carolina State University |
Robert Lane Gibbs (born March 29, 1971) is the Executive Vice President and Global Chief Communications officer of McDonalds, Inc.
As the Executive Vice President, Gibbs is the Chief of McDonalds public relations efforts. Before McDonalds, Gibbs was an American Political Advisor and Commentator who served as the 27th White House Press Secretary during the first term of the Obama Administration. Gibbs had worked with Obama since 2004 and previously served as the Communications Director for then-Senator Obama and his campaign during the 2008 presidential election. He later served as a Senior Campaign Adviser for Obama's campaign during the 2012 presidential election.
Prior to becoming a member of the Obama team he was Press Secretary for John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign and was a part of several Senate campaigns, having served as Communications Director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and for four individual Senate campaigns, including those of Obama in 2004 and Fritz Hollings in 1998. Gibbs was also the press secretary of Representative Bob Etheridge. Gibbs was announced as the press secretary for President Obama on November 22, 2008, and officially assumed the role on January 20, 2009, giving his first official briefing on January 22.
Gibbs was born in Auburn, Alabama. His parents, Nancy Jean (née Lane) and Robert Coleman Gibbs, worked in the Auburn University library system and involved their son in politics at an early age. Nancy Gibbs would take Robert, then known as "Bobby," to local League of Women Voters meetings rather than hire a babysitter, and involved him in "voter re-identification" work at the county courthouse.
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