Andrew Bremberg
{{Short description|American lawyer and diplomat (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Andrew Bremberg
|image = Andrew P. Bremberg official photo.jpg
|office = Permanent Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations
|president = Donald Trump
|term_start = November 12, 2019
|term_end = January 20, 2021
|predecessor = Mark Cassayre {{small|(Acting)}}
|successor = Mark Cassayre {{small|(Acting)}}
|office1 = Director of the Domestic Policy Council
|president1 = Donald Trump
|deputy1 = Paul Winfree
Lance Leggitt
|term_start1 = January 20, 2017
|term_end1 = February 2, 2019
|predecessor1 = Cecilia Muñoz
|successor1 = Joe Grogan
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|02|02}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318418-donald-trumps-details-man|title=Donald Trump's details man|first=Garrett|last=Evans|date=February 8, 2017|website=The Hill}}United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Ohio, 2001){{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-trump-white-house-staffers-2019-7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703215242/https://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-trump-white-house-staffers-2019-7|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 3, 2019|title=Meet Trump's 22 highest-paid staffers, who all earn $183,000 + a year - Business Insider|website=Business Insider |date=July 3, 2019}}
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|death_date =
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|party = Republican
|education = Franciscan University (BA)
Catholic University (JD)
}}
Andrew P. Bremberg (born February 2, 1979) is an American attorney and political advisor who most recently served as Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva.{{cite web|title=Ambassador Andrew Bremberg|url=https://geneva.usmission.gov/our-relationship/ambassador-andrew-bremberg/|access-date=14 November 2019|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117002205/https://geneva.usmission.gov/our-relationship/ambassador-andrew-bremberg/|url-status=dead}} He previously served as Assistant to the President and the director of the Domestic Policy Council for U.S. President Donald Trump.
Education
Bremberg earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and a Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law in 2006.{{cite web|title=Andrew Bremberg - LinkedIn|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-bremberg-7170938|access-date=12 November 2016}}
Career
Bremberg was employed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services from July 2001 to January 2009 and served as Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff{{Cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people/Andrew-Bremberg/Alexandria-VA/063EJ72NWNA|title=Andrew Bremberg, Phone Number, Address & Background Info | Intelius}} to the Assistant Secretary for Public Health during the George W. Bush administration.{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20161111/NEWS/161119989/trump-picks-a-team-for-healthcare-transition-as-aca-repeal-looms|title=Trump picks 'A-team' for healthcare transition as ACA repeal looms|date=November 11, 2016|website=Modern Healthcare}}
From 2009 to 2014, Bremberg was the department manager and top health policy expert for MITRE,{{cite news|last1=Everett|first1=Burgess|title=Top McConnell aide joins Scott Walker's political team|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/andrew-bremberg-joins-scott-walker-117987|work=Politico|date=May 15, 2015}} a not-for-profit organization that provides services to the United States government. MITRE manages Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) supporting the Department of Defense (DOD), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the Federal Judiciary, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Bremberg served as policy advisor and counsel on nominations for Senator Mitch McConnell{{Cite web|url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/Andrew_P_Bremberg/220841.html|title=Andrew P. Bremberg - Congressional Staffer Salary Data|website=www.legistorm.com}} was the policy director for the Scott Walker 2016 presidential campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=79012|title=Revolving Door: Andrew Bremberg Employment Summary | OpenSecrets|website=www.opensecrets.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-bremberg-7170938|title=LinkedIn profile for Andrew Bremberg}}
During the 2016 election cycle, Bremberg served as the policy director for the GOP Platform Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://gop.com/rnc-announces-platform-committee-leadership|title=RNC Announces Platform Committee Leadership|date=May 24, 2016|website=GOP}} Bremberg was later the leader of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team for Health and Human Services. He was named Assistant to the President and the director of the Domestic Policy Council. As Assistant to the President he co-chaired the National Council for the American Worker along with Wilbur Ross (Secretary of Commerce),
Eugene Scalia (Secretary of Labor) and Ivanka Trump (Advisor to the President).
Bremberg, alongside Marc Short and Rick Dearborn, coordinated with aides of Senator Mitch McConnell in employing the Congressional Review Act to reverse 13 regulations made late in the presidency of Barack Obama by creating an Excel spreadsheet of targets, eventually being able to eliminate over twice as many regulations as they had anticipated.{{cite news|last1=Michael Shear|title=Trump Discards Obama Legacy, One Rule at a Time|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/trump-overturning-regulations.html|access-date=3 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=2 May 2017|page=A1}}
In September 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Bremberg as the next Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva with the rank of ambassador.{{cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-appoint-personnel-key-administration-posts-21/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts |date=26 September 2018 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=27 September 2018}} His nomination was confirmed by a 50–44 vote on October 22, 2019.{{cite web|title=PN2545 — Andrew P. Bremberg — United Nations|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/2545|access-date=22 October 2019}} Bremberg presented his credentials to Director-General Tatiana Valovaya in Geneva on November 12, 2019.{{cite web|title=Ambassador Andrew Bremberg Presents his Credentials to Tatiana Valovaya UNOG Director-General|date=13 November 2019 |url=https://geneva.usmission.gov/2019/11/13/ambassador-andrew-bremberg-presents-his-credentials-to-tatiana-valovaya-unog-director-general/|access-date=14 November 2019}}
Bremberg has collaborated to Project 2025; he is thanked for his contribution to Chapter 1: "White House Office".{{Cite book| publisher=The Heritage Foundation| isbn=978-0-89195-174-2| editor-first1=Paul| editor-last1=Dans| editor-first2=Steven| editor-last2=Groves| title=Mandate for leadership: the conservative promise 2025| location=Washington, DC| date = 2023 |url=https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042/project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise.pdf}}
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Category:Columbus School of Law alumni
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Category:Permanent representatives of the United States to the United Nations Office at Geneva