Ronny Jackson | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 13th district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Mac Thornberry |
1st Chief Medical Advisor to the President | |
In office February 2, 2019 – December 1, 2019 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Anthony Fauci |
Physician to the President | |
In office July 25, 2013 – March 28, 2018 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Jeffrey Kuhlman |
Succeeded by | Sean Conley |
Personal details | |
Born | Ronny Lynn Jackson May 4, 1967 Levelland, Texas, U.S. |
Political party | Republican[1] |
Spouse | Jane Ely |
Children | 3 |
Education | Texas A&M University at Galveston (BS) University of Texas Medical Branch (MD) |
Website | House website |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1995–2019 |
Rank | Captain[a] |
Unit | Medical Corps |
Battles/wars | Iraq War |
Awards | Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4) |
Ronny Lynn Jackson (born May 4, 1967) is an American physician, politician, and former United States Navy officer. He is the U.S. representative for Texas's 13th congressional district.[4] The district is based in Amarillo and includes the Panhandle and much of northeast Texas, as far as Denton.
Jackson joined the White House Medical Unit in the mid-2000s under George W. Bush, and served as physician to the president from 2013 to 2018 under Barack Obama and Donald Trump.[5][6]
In March 2018, Trump nominated Jackson to be U.S. secretary of veterans affairs to succeed David Shulkin,[6][7][8] but Jackson withdrew the following month amid allegations of misconduct and mismanagement during his service in the White House.[9][10][11][12][13][14] In February 2019, Trump appointed Jackson assistant to the president and chief medical advisor, a new position in the Executive Office.[15]
Jackson retired from the Navy as a rear admiral (lower half) in December 2019.[16] In 2020, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2021, an investigation by the Defense Department inspector general found that Jackson had engaged in various inappropriate behaviors as an admiral; the following year, the Navy retroactively demoted him to the rank of captain.
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