Maureen Ohlhausen
Maureen Ohlhausen | |
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Ohlhausen in 2016 | |
| Chair of the Federal Trade Commission | |
| Acting January 25, 2017 – May 1, 2018 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Edith Ramirez |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Simons |
| Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
| In office April 4, 2012 – September 25, 2018 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | William Kovacic |
| Succeeded by | Christine S. Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maureen Elizabeth Kraemer April 5, 1962 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) George Mason University (JD) |
Maureen Kraemer Ohlhausen (born April 5, 1962) is an American lawyer who served as acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a commissioner of the FTC from 2012 to 2018. In 2018, she was nominated by President Donald Trump to a seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Ohlhausen withdrew her nomination for the federal judiciary in December 2018, opting instead to join Baker Botts as partner and co-chair of the firm's antitrust practice.