Robert McCallum Jr. | |
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23rd United States Ambassador to Australia | |
In office August 24, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Thomas Schieffer |
Succeeded by | Jeff Bleich |
United States Deputy Attorney General | |
Acting | |
In office August 15, 2005 – March 17, 2006 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | James Comey |
Succeeded by | Paul McNulty |
14th United States Associate Attorney General | |
In office June 27, 2003 – March 17, 2006 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Attorney General | John Ashcroft Alberto Gonzales |
Preceded by | Jay B. Stephens |
Succeeded by | Kevin J. O'Connor |
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division | |
In office September 17, 2001 – 2003 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Attorney General | John Ashcroft |
Preceded by | David W. Ogden |
Succeeded by | Peter Keisler |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Davis McCallum Jr. January 30, 1946[1] Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Mary Rankin Weems (m. 1969) |
Education | Yale University (BA, JD) Christ Church, Oxford (BA) |
Robert Davis McCallum Jr. (born January 30, 1946) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served in the Bush administration. He was the Associate Attorney General of the United States from 2003 to 2006, also acting as the Deputy Attorney General from 2005 to 2006. He was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Australia in 2006, a capacity in which he served until the end of Bush's term in 2009.