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Cedric Richmond
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| Director of the Office of Public Engagement | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2021 |
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| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Timothy Pataki |
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2021 |
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| President | Joe Biden (elect) |
| Preceded by | Jared Kushner Stephen Miller Ivanka Trump |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district |
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| In office January 3, 2011 – January 15, 2021 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Cao |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 101st district |
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| In office January 6, 2000 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Naomi White Farve |
| Succeeded by | Wesley Bishop |
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Cedric Levan Richmond
September 13, 1973 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Raquel Greenup (m. 2015)
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| Children | 1 |
| Education | Morehouse College (BA) Tulane University (JD) |
Cedric Levan Richmond (born September 13, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was a U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2021.
In 2019, he was named the first national co-chairman of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.
On September 5, 2020, he was named a co-chair of the Biden-Harris Transition Team, which is planning Biden's presidential transition.
On November 17, 2020, Richmond announced he would leave Congress in January 2021 to serve as Senior Advisor to the President and director of the Office of Public Liaison.
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Then State Representative Richmond with FEMA officials and others
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From left, Senator Mark Warner, Senator Michael Bennet, Senator Tom Udall, Former NBA player Muggsy Bogues, Congressman Joseph Crowley and Congressman Richmond.
