Deborah Birx
American physician and diplomat
Deborah Leah Birx (born April 4, 1956) is an American physician and diplomat. She was the United States Global AIDS Coordinator for Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump from 2014 to 2021. She was best known as the Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States for Trump's presidency.[3][4]
Deborah Birx | |
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| White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator | |
| In office February 27, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Zients |
| United States Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy | |
| In office January 2015[a] – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Eric Goosby Leslie V. Rowe (acting) Elizabeth Jordan (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| United States Global AIDS Coordinator | |
| In office April 4, 2014 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Mark N. Brown Angeli Achrekar |
| Preceded by | Eric Goosby |
| Succeeded by | Angeli Achrekar (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1956 Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Paige Reffe [1][2] |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Houghton College (BS) Pennsylvania State University (MD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1980–1994 (reserve) 1994–2008 (active) |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
Notes
change- ↑ Office originally separate from that of Global AIDS Coordinator until their merge into the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy in 2015.
References
change- ↑ "Deborah Birx’s Husband Is Former Clinton ‘Advance Man’ Paige Reffe", heavy.com, Apr 3, 2020. Accessed April 26, 2020.
- ↑ Bass, Emily, "Can Deborah Birx Save Us?", Washington Post, March 26, 2020
- ↑ Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (March 6, 2020). "Top Coronavirus Official for U.S. Has Fought an Epidemic Before". The New York Times.
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