Mack McLarty

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Mack McLarty

Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III (born June 14, 1946 in Hope , Arkansas ) is a politician and businessman from Arkansas who served as White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton . He is the chairman of Kissinger McLarty Associates, a Washington-based consulting firm, and the chairman of the board of the McLarty Companies.

Ascent

McLarty received his bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas in 1969 . He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He was elected to the state parliament at the age of 23 and chaired the Arkansas Democratic Party from 1974 to 1976 . In 1976 he became the youngest board member of Arkia Gas / Arkia Inc. , a natural gas company that had already been listed on the Fortune 500 . During his tenure, in addition to its efforts in the automotive industry, the company was recognized for excellent management by Forbes , The Wall Street Transcript and the Financial Times . In addition to his business activities, McLarty has advised three presidents: Jimmy Carter , George HW Bush, and Bill Clinton. He worked with President Carter as a member of the Federal Democratic Party and was appointed by him to head the Federal Petroleum Agency and the Federal Agency for Environmental Quality.

In the White House

He served President Clinton as Chief of Staff of the White House from 1993 to 1994. Clinton asked the Chief of the Office of Management and Budget , Leon Panetta, what was wrong with his administration. Panetta told him it was a lack of power. McLarty had to drop out because of it - he had remained too colorless. “Panetta replaced McLarty for the remainder of Clinton's first term, and the rest is history. To become an influential man, a modern president needs a strong chief of staff, and in Leon Panetta, Clinton got the man he needed ”. McLarty remained an important friend of the Clintons, especially since they both went to the same kindergarten. He remained an adviser to the President after his retirement and worked for several years as the special ambassador to the United States. He was also a member of the National Economic Forum for five years.

As part of his work as a special American ambassador, he played an important role in bringing about the NAFTA and FTAA agreements. He was the principal politician at the 1994 American Summit in Florida, where the foundation stone was laid for the FTAA, and played a key role in the subsequent implementation of that agreement.

McLarty Companies

The McLarty Companies consist of eleven car dealership branches in a total of five US states with sales of more than $ 600 million. McLarty began his career by converting the company founded by his grandfather, McLarty Leasing Systems, into one of the largest automobile-related companies in Germany. After leaving the White House for good in July 1998, he returned to his company.

further activities

  • Companies
    • Chairman of the Board, Acxiom Corporation
    • Chairman of the Board, Union Pacific Railroad
    • Advisory Board, Leeds Equity Partners
    • Advisory Board, Cato Institute / Inter-American Dialogue
    • Advisory Board, Diligence Inc.
    • Chairman of the Advisory Board, Carlyle Group (since 2003)
  • Charity
    • Trustee, Center for the Study of the Presidency
    • International Meeting of Trustees, Religions for Peace
    • Consultant, New Democrat Network
    • Member, US-Mexico Binational Council
    • Member, Council on Foreign Relations (2001)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nigel Hamilton: Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency. In: Boston Globe , July 13, 2007

literature

  • Bill Clinton: My Life. 1st Vintage Books edition. Vintage Books, New York NY 2005, ISBN 1-4000-3003-X .

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personal data
SURNAME McLarty, Mack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McLarty, Thomas F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Hope , Arkansas