Debra R. Anderson

{{Short description|American politician (1949–2022)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Deb Anderson

|office = Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

|president = George H. W. Bush

|term_start = January 20, 1989

|term_end = January 24, 1992

|predecessor = Karen Spencer
Frank Donatelli (Political and Intergovernmental Affairs)

|successor = Sherrie Rollins

|office1 = Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives

|term_start1 = January 1987

|term_end1 = January 1989

|predecessor1 = Donald Ham

|successor1 = Royal J. Wood

|birth_date = {{birth date|1949|6|13}}

|birth_place = Bryant, South Dakota, U.S.

|death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2022|11|10|1949|6|13}}}}

|death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

|party = Republican

|education = Augustana University (BA)

}}

Debra Rae Anderson (June 13, 1949 – November 10, 2022) was an American politician.

Anderson was born in Bryant, Hamlin County, South Dakota, and graduated from Bryant High School in 1967. She then graduated from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1971. Anderson served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1977 until her resignation in 1989; served as speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1987 until 1988. She was a Republican, Anderson then served during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. She died at her home in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2022, at the age of 73.[https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/washington-dc/debra-anderson-11009305 Debra Rae Anderson-obituary][https://sdlegislature.gov/historical/Legislator/Profile/2732 South Dakota Legislature-Debra R. Anderson]