Ellen Tauscher

Ellen Tauscher
Official State Department portrait
15th Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
In office
June 26, 2009 – February 7, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRobert Joseph
Succeeded byRose Gottemoeller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 10th district
In office
January 3, 1997 – June 26, 2009
Preceded byBill Baker
Succeeded byJohn Garamendi
Personal details
Born
Ellen O'Kane

(1951-11-15)November 15, 1951
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedApril 29, 2019(2019-04-29) (aged 67)
Stanford, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
William Y. Tauscher
(m. 1989; div. 1999)
James Cieslak
(m. 2009; div. 2011)
Children1
EducationSeton Hall University (BS)

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher (November 15, 1951 – April 29, 2019[1]) was an American businesswoman, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2009. From 2009 to 2012, she served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. She then served as Special Envoy for Strategic Stability and Missile Defense at the State Department.

While in Congress, Tauscher was a leading centrist Democrat, and the chair of the New Democrat Coalition, a caucus of moderate Democrats in the House of Representatives. She also served as vice-chairwoman of the Democratic Leadership Council from 2001 to 2005.

  1. ^ "Former Rep. Tauscher, arms negotiator and Wall Street ground-breaker, dies at 67". Politico.com. 30 April 2019.