[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[August 24, 1992]
[Pages 1417-1418]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Appointment of Janet G. Mullins as Assistant to the President for 
Political Affairs
August 24, 1992

    The President today announced the appointment of Janet G. Mullins as 
Assistant to the President for Political Affairs.
    Since 1989, Ms. Mullins has served as Assistant Secretary of State 
for Legislative Affairs. Prior to this appointment, she served as 
director of congressional affairs for the Presidential transition. She 
served in Kentucky State government as special assistant to the deputy 
secretary of commerce, specializing in international and agricultural 
trade. From 1979 to 1982, Ms. Mullins was legislative director and chief 
of staff for Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon. In 1984, she managed the 
successful Senate campaign of Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Ms. Mullins 
was the first woman to run a statewide Senate campaign in Kentucky. She 
went on to serve as chief of staff for Senator McConnell from 1985 to 
1987. In 1987, Ms. Mullins was named executive director of the Fund for 
America's Future, then-Vice President Bush's political action committee. 
She joined the Bush campaign in September of 1987, serving as national 
field director for the Bush primary campaign. During the general 
election, she was deputy national political director and media director.
    Ms. Mullins received her B.A. in political science at the University 
of Louisville and studied international economics at Ameri-

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can University in Washington, DC. She was born September 7, 1949, in 
Louisville, KY, and has one daughter.