Michael A. Khouri is a former commissioner of the

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. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December 2009. President Trump designated him as acting chairman on January 23, 2017, and then designated him as chairman on March 3, 2019. He was succeeded by Chairman Maffei in March 2021.

Early life

Khouri was born in Louisville in the

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. He is the son of a Lebanese-American father and German-English mother. Following military service in Texas, the family moved to Paducah, Kentucky. He graduated from Paducah Tilghman High School. He attended

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in Louisiana earning a B.A. in Economics and later earned a J.D. from the

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in Kentucky.

Career

Khouri is a career veteran in the maritime industry from positions held in marine vessel operations, legal, and executive general management assignments. The marine companies include Crounse Corporation, American Commercial Lines, MERS/Economy Boat and Pedley & Gordinier. He succeeded

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as Chairman of the FMC, who left office in 2017. Khouri was first nominated to the commission by

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and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December 2009. President

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named Michael A. Khouri as chairman on March 7, 2019.

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Early life

Career

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