Andrew P. Baukol is an American financial policy advisor who served as the acting

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for the first week of the

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. Baukol served in an interim capacity until Biden's nominee,

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, was confirmed by the

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. He then became Treasury's acting

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. Currently a governor for the international Bank of reconstruction and development.

Education

Baukol earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the

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and a Master of Arts in economics from the

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Career

From 1989 to 1996, Baukol worked for the

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as an economic analyst. From 2001 to 2004, he was a senior advisor at the

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. Baukol then joined the

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, where he helped manage policy related to the

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. Baukol also served as principal deputy assistant secretary for international monetary policy. In 2021, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appointed Baukol as the agency's presidential transition director.

References

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