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jack lew

jacob joseph `` jack '' lew -lrb- born august 29 , 1955 -rrb- is an american government administrator and attorney who is the 76th and current united states secretary of the treasury , serving since 2013 .
he served as the 26th white house chief of staff from 2012 to 2013 .
lew previously served as director of the office of management and budget in the clinton and obama administrations , and is a member of the democratic party .
born in new york city , lew received his a.b. from harvard college and his j.d. from georgetown university law center .
lew began his career as a legislative assistant to representative joe moakley and as a senior policy adviser to former house speaker tip o'neill .
lew then worked as an attorney in private practice before working as a deputy in boston 's office of management and budget .
in 1993 , he began work for the clinton administration as special assistant to the president .
in 1994 lew served as associate director for legislative affairs and deputy director of the office of management and budget , where he served as director of that agency from 1998 to 2001 and from 2010 to 2012 .
after leaving the clinton administration , lew worked as the executive vice president for operations at new york university from 2001 to 2006 , and as the coo at citigroup from 2006 to 2008 .
lew then served as the first deputy secretary of state for management and resources , from 2009 to 2010 .
on january 10 , 2013 , lew was nominated as the replacement for retiring treasury secretary timothy geithner , to serve in president barack obama 's second term .
on february 27 , 2013 , the senate confirmed lew for the position .
he was sworn in the following day .
