Ellen Sauerbrey
Ellen Sauerbrey is an American politician from Maryland and the former head of the United States Department of States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. She was nominated to the Bureau in September 2005 by President George W. Bush. On January 4, 2006, Bush placed her in office by way of a recess appointment, bypassing the need for Senate confirmation. Her confirmation was unlikely, given strong objections by some senators. Sauerbreys recess appointment caused some controversy, however her experience as minority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates and managing a complex US Census project helped rally others to her cause.
Sauerbrey was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a 1955 graduate of Towson High School and a 1959 graduate of Western Maryland College, and was a teacher before entering politics. From 1978 to 1994, she was a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and served as minority leader from 1986 to 1994. Her Committee assignments included the Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Education and Transportation Ways and Means and Economic Matters.
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