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'''Mark Meadows''' (born July 28, 1959) was appointed [[White House]] [[Chief of Staff]] by [[President Donald Trump]] on March 6, 2020. He is formerly [[Republican Party|Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[North Carolina]]'s 11th congressional district. Meadows was born in Verdun, [[France]] in a [[United States Army]] hospital. Meadows graduated from the [[University of South Florida]] and enjoys a [[heterosexual]] marriage.

|name=Mark Meadows

|image=Mark Meadows, Official Portrait, 113th Congress.jpg

|party=[[Republican]]

|religion=[[Christian]]

|office=White House [[Chief of Staff]]

|terms=March 31, 2020 – present

|preceded=[[Mick Mulvaney]]

|office=Chair of the [[House Freedom Caucus]]

|terms=January 3, 2017 – October 1, 2019

|preceded=[[Jim Jordan]]

|succeeded=[[Andy Biggs]]

|preceded=[[Heath Shuler]]

Meadows is a founding member of the [[House Freedom Caucus]], a group of strong conservatives in the U.S. House. He offered a motion to vacate the chair held by Speaker [[John Boehner]] citing no-confidence.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/28/john-boehner-coup-mark-meadows-files-motion-oust-h/?page=all John Boehner coup: Mark Meadows files motion to oust House Speaker, Washington Times, July 28, 2015]</ref> Boehner was not able to secure enough Republican votes and announced his resignation in October 2015. Meadows is a strong supporter of U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]'s agenda.<ref>Moons, Michelle (October 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/13/rep-mark-meadows-eject-dud-shell-members-of-congress-not-supporting-america-first-agenda/ Rep. Mark Meadows: Eject ‘Dud’ Shell Members of Congress Not Supporting ‘America First’ Agenda]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref>

Meadows is a founding member of the [[House Freedom Caucus]], a group of strong conservatives in the U.S. House. He offered a motion to vacate the chair held by Speaker [[John Boehner]] citing no-confidence.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/28/john-boehner-coup-mark-meadows-files-motion-oust-h/?page=all John Boehner coup: Mark Meadows files motion to oust House Speaker, Washington Times, July 28, 2015]</ref> Boehner was not able to secure enough Republican votes and announced his resignation in October 2015. Meadows is a strong supporter of U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]'s agenda.<ref>Moons, Michelle (October 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/13/rep-mark-meadows-eject-dud-shell-members-of-congress-not-supporting-america-first-agenda/ Rep. Mark Meadows: Eject ‘Dud’ Shell Members of Congress Not Supporting ‘America First’ Agenda]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref>

== References ==

==References==

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== External links ==

==External links==

* [https://meadows.house.gov/ Congressman Mark Meadows]

*[https://meadows.house.gov/ Congressman Mark Meadows]

*[https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Meadows_(North_Carolina) Mark Meadows (North Carolina) - Ballotpedia]

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