Kenneth Brian Mehlman (born August 21, 1966, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American attorney and political figure. Currently a Member, Managing Director and head of Global Public Affairs for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, he previously served as a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.[1]
Mehlman has been a longtime figure in the Republican Party. He was a campaign manager for the 2004 re-election campaign of George W. Bush before serving as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2005 to 2007. In June 2007, Bush appointed Mehlman to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.Mehlman is Jewish and lives in Washington, D.C. On August 25, 2010, he came out as gay.
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