John H. Sununu | |
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 Official N.H. gubernatorial oil painting portrait by artist Richard Whitney | |
| Chair of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee | |
| In office January 17, 2009 – January 22, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Fergus Cullen |
| Succeeded by | Jack Kimball |
| 14th White House Chief of Staff | |
| In office January 20, 1989 – December 15, 1991 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Deputy | Andrew Card |
| Preceded by | Ken Duberstein |
| Succeeded by | Samuel K. Skinner |
| 75th Governor of New Hampshire | |
| In office January 6, 1983 – January 4, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Vesta M. Roy (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Judd Gregg |
| Chair of the National Governors Association | |
| In office July 28, 1987 – August 9, 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Clinton |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Baliles |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 5th Rockingham district | |
| In office 1973–1975 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Henry Sununu July 2, 1939 Havana, Cuba |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Nancy Hayes (died 2024) |
| Children | 8, including John and Chris |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical engineering |
| Institutions | Tufts University |
| Thesis | Flow of a High Temperature, Variable Viscosity Fluid at Low Reynolds Number (1966) |
John Henry Sununu[a] (born July 2, 1939) is an American politician who served as the 75th governor of New Hampshire from 1983 to 1989 and the fourteenth White House chief of staff under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1991.
Born in Cuba to an American father and a Salvadoran mother, he is of Greek, Hispanic, and Lebanese descent, making him the first Arab American, Greek American, and Hispanic American to be governor of New Hampshire and White House chief of staff. He is the father of John E. Sununu, the former United States Senator from New Hampshire, and Christopher Sununu, the current governor of New Hampshire. Sununu was the chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party from 2009 to 2011.
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