Reince Priebus

Reince Priebus
Priebus in 2017
27th White House Chief of Staff
In office
January 20, 2017 – July 31, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byDenis McDonough
Succeeded byJohn F. Kelly
Chair of the Republican National Committee
In office
January 14, 2011 – January 19, 2017
Preceded byMichael Steele
Succeeded byRonna McDaniel
Chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin
In office
January 19, 2007 – January 14, 2011
Preceded byRichard Graber
Succeeded byBrad Courtney
Personal details
Born
Reinhold Richard Priebus

(1972-03-18) March 18, 1972 (age 52)
Dover, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Sally Sherrow
(m. 1999)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin, Whitewater (BA)
University of Miami (JD)
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Years of service2019–present (Navy Reserve)
RankLieutenant

Reinhold Richard "Reince" Priebus[1] (/ˈrns ˈprbəs/ RYNSSE PREE-bəs;[2] born March 18, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017 and as White House chief of staff during the first six months of Donald Trump's first presidency.

Raised in Wisconsin, Priebus worked as a clerk and graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 1998. After working for law firm Michael Best, he was elected chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party in 2007. In 2009, Priebus became the general counsel for the Republican National Committee. He won the 2011 Republican National Committee chairmanship election. As chairman, Priebus frequently criticized the policies of president Barack Obama. He also presided over the Republican Party during the presidential elections of 2012 and 2016, when he opposed Donald Trump during the early stages of the primaries, but later supported him in the general election. He began serving as Trump's chief of staff in January 2017 until resigning in July of that year. Priebus, who had the shortest tenure of any non-interim chief of staff in American history,[3] drew controversy for his management style.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GOPBio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Schouten, Fredreka (January 21, 2011). "Reince Priebus: Fundraising top job as RNC chairman". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  3. ^ Hauck, Grace; Stafford, Dylan; Struyk, Ryan (July 28, 2017). "Reince Priebus, shortest-serving chief of staff in White House history". CNN. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Gee, Taylor (March 5, 2017). "Knives are out for Reince". Politico. Archived from the original on April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  5. ^ Swan, Jonathan (February 12, 2017). "Palace intrigue: Trump friend goes off on Priebus". Axios. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Green, Justin (March 25, 2017). "Knives out for Reince". Axios. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.