Ellen Sauerbrey

Ellen Sauerbrey
11th Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration
In office
January 4, 2006 – December 31, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byGene Dewey
Succeeded byEric P. Schwartz
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 10th district
In office
January 12, 1983 – January 11, 1995
Serving with Wade Kach, Thomas Chamberlain, Bob Ehrlich
Preceded by
  • Thomas Kernan
  • Mark Medairy
  • Donald Hughes
Succeeded by
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 5B district
In office
January 10, 1979 – January 12, 1983
Serving with Richard Matthews
Preceded byGeorge Price
Succeeded byLawrence LaMotte
Personal details
Born
Ellen Richmond

(1937-09-09) September 9, 1937 (age 87)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Wil Sauerbrey
(m. 1959)
EducationMcDaniel College (BA)
WebsiteOfficial blog

Ellen Richmond Sauerbrey[1] (born September 9, 1937)[2] is an American politician from Maryland and the former head of the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. She was nominated to the Bureau in September 2005 by President George W. Bush. On January 4, 2006, Bush placed her in office by way of a recess appointment, bypassing the need for Senate confirmation. Her confirmation was unlikely, given strong objections by some senators. Sauerbrey's recess appointment caused some controversy; however, her experience as minority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates and managing a complex U.S. Census project helped rally others to her cause.[3]

  1. ^ "Ellen Richmond Sauerbrey". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  2. ^ LeDuc, Daniel (September 6, 1998). "Sauerbrey Plays Down '94 Issues". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Confirm Ellen Sauerbrey". The Washington Times. October 24, 2005.