John H. Sununu

John H. Sununu
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 byFergus Cullen
Succeeded byJack Kimball
14th White House Chief of Staff
In office
January 20, 1989 – December 15, 1991
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
DeputyAndrew Card
Preceded byKen Duberstein
Succeeded bySamuel K. Skinner
75th Governor of New Hampshire
In office
January 6, 1983 – January 4, 1989
Preceded byVesta M. Roy (acting)
Succeeded byJudd Gregg
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office
July 28, 1987 – August 9, 1988
Preceded byBill Clinton
Succeeded byGerald Baliles
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the 5th Rockingham district
In office
1973–1975
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMulti-member district
Personal details
Born
John Henry Sununu

(1939-07-02) July 2, 1939 (age 85)
Havana, Cuba
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNancy Hayes (died 2024)
Children8, including John and Chris
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsMechanical engineering
InstitutionsTufts University
ThesisFlow 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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