Appointment of Linas J. Kojelis as Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison

The President today announced the appointment of Linas J. Kojelis as Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison. Mr. Kojelis will head the division of foreign policy and defense issues in the Office of Public Liaison. He has served 2 1/2 years as Associate Director in the same office.

In 1981-1983 Mr. Kojelis served at the Department of Defense in the Office of European and NATO Affairs in the Office of International Security Policy. In 1981 he served on the staff of the Assistant to the President for Political Affairs. Before joining the administration, Mr. Kojelis was a legislative assistant for former Pennsylvania Senator Richard S. Schweiker (R-PA).

Mr. Kojelis received his bachelor's degree in history (highest departmental honors) and economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (1976). He earned a master of public affairs degree, specializing in international relations, from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1978, where he was a McConnel Foundation fellow. A native of Los Angeles, CA, Mr. Kojelis currently resides in the District of Columbia.