Klein, Ron

Ronald "Ron" A. Klain was born on August 8, 1961 in Indianapolis, Indiana ^{[1] [2]} , into a Jewish family ^[3] . His father, Bradley Klain, worked as a construction contractor for more than twenty years ^{[1] [4] [5]} . Klein’s mother, Sarann, worked at a travel agency ^[1] , later started her own business, and after her husband’s death, remarrying and moving to Carmel, Indiana in the early 1990s, she became an activist in the local branch of the US Democratic Party ^{[4] [6] [7]} . Although Klein’s house didn’t talk very often on political issues, he was fascinated by politics from early childhood ^[8] .

Klein graduated from North Central High School in Indianapolis ^[6] , and spent every summer from 1970 to 1974 at the Timberlane Boys' Summer Camp near Woodrof, Wisconsin ^[9] , and when he turned 15, Klein instead of a summer the camp went on an internship to the apparatus of the Democratic Senator from Colorado, Floyd Haskell ^[8] . After graduating from school, Klein was the first in his family ^{[8] to} enter a higher education institution - Georgetown University, graduated with honors in 1983 with a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude - “with the highest praise”) ^{[2] [10 ] ]} .

Klein began his political career at the university: he was an assistant to the senator from Massachusetts Edward Kennedy and the senator from Indiana Birch Bayh ^{[2] [8]} .

After graduation, Klein decided to enroll at Harvard Law School, but postponed his admission for a year in order to be able to work as Assistant Congressman Ed Markey during his unsuccessful attempt to get elected to the US Senate ^{[1] [8]} .

In 1984, Klein entered Harvard Law School, where he worked for The Harvard Law Review ^{[1] [11]} . For excellent study in the first years, Klein received the Sears Prize, and graduated from school in 1987 with a doctorate in law with a special distinction, with the best marks among the issues ^{[1] [2] [6] [10] [12] [ 13]} .

In 1987, Klein was an assistant to Senator Joe Biden, when he first ran for the 1988 presidential election. ^[2] In 1987-1988, Klein worked in the office of Byron White, the deputy chief justice of the USA, which was a special honor, since usually graduates of higher educational institutions had to work one year in a lower level court and only then could apply for a seat in the Supreme court ^{[1] [2] [8] [12] [13]} . Then Klein was a senior adviser to the Senate Legal Committee, where he dealt with issues of constitutional, antitrust and criminal law, and also oversaw appointments in the US Supreme Court. Senator Biden ^{[1] [2] [12] was the} chairman of this committee at that time.

In 1992, Klein got a job at the O'Melveny & Myers law firm, but a few months later left to work in the presidential campaign of US Democratic candidate Bill Clinton ^[8] . Klein helped Clinton and his partner, US Vice Presidential candidate Al Gore, prepare for the debate. ^{[1] [2] [8] [12]} After Clinton won the election, Klein became one of his advisers, oversaw legal and domestic policy issues ^{[2] [6] [13]} , and also worked as senior assistant to Tom Dashle, who was the leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate ^{[1] [12]} . In 1993, the press noted that Klein had connections in the presidential administration, the Senate and the US Supreme Court, which subsequently attracted the attention of lobbying firms ^[8] . In 1997, the National Journal wrote that Klein had “the best resume in the city,” and many experts ranked him among the best lawyers in the United States ^{[10] [14]} .

In 1994-1995, Klein was Senior Assistant Attorney General Janet Reno ^{[1] [2] [12] [13] [15]} . In 1995, Klein was appointed chief assistant and head of the Horus administration, he participated in the preparations for the US presidential election in 1996, and was responsible for collecting donations ^{[1] [2] [12] [13] [16]} .

It has been suggested that Klein will remain Horus' chief adviser in preparation for the US presidential election in 2000, but at the end of 1999, due to an internal party conflict between Clinton and Horus supporters, Klein was dismissed: this decision was made by the head of the campaign headquarters Mount Tony Coelho ^{[13] [15]} . After the election, Klein returned to participate in the Florida recount case initiated by Gore's supporters, but the Supreme Court ruled that the recount was against the constitution and George W. Bush became president of the United States ^{[1] [2] [13] [17 ] ] [18]} . In 2008, this recount was filmed in the movie " Recount ", the role of Klein was played by Kevin Spacey (Kevin Spacey) ^{[1] [2] [11] [18]} .

After retiring from Gore's campaign headquarters in 1999 (with a break for the recount in Florida), Klein returned to O'Melveny & Myers to work as a lobbyist. Among his clients were the subsequently bankrupt investment fund Fannie Mae, as well as the manufacturer of medical products ImClone, who was subsequently accused of violating the law ^{[1] [2] [14] [15]} .

In 2003-2004, Klein was an adviser to the US presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, General Wesley Kanne Clark ^{[13] [18] [19]} , and after Clark left the presidential campaign, he helped prepare for a single Democratic candidate debate USA John Kerry (John Kerry) ^[13] .

In 2005, Klein joined the Healthcare Investment Company, Revolution LLC, as senior adviser and executive vice president ^{[1] [2] [12]} .

In 2007, Klein was an informal adviser to Biden, who again decided to run for office in the presidential election, but subsequently withdrew it at an early stage of the campaign ^{[18] [20] [21]} . It is known that at that time, Klein spoke out negatively about another democratic candidate, Barack Obama: he stated that Obama would not be able to cope with the country with his free style of management as he did with The Harvard Law Review (Obama became the editor-in-chief of this magazine after Klein graduated from Harvard Law School) ^[20] .

However, in the fall of 2008, Klein participated in Obama’s presidential campaign, and after his victory was named the future head of administration for Obama’s partner, vice president Biden ^{[1] [2] [10] [12] [18]} . Klein took office after Obama's inauguration on January 20, 2009. ^[22] His appointment was criticized for the reason that, during his campaign, Obama promised not to rely on lobbyists during his reign ^{[1] [2]} .

Klein is married to Monica Medina, senior environmental adviser at the Pew Charitable Trusts ^{[1] [3] [12]} . They have three children: Hannah, Michael and Daniel. By agreement with Monica, Klein brings up his children in the Jewish tradition, but allows them and their wife to celebrate Christian Christmas ^{[1] [3] [12]} . Klein’s sister Marlo became a sports commentator on television ^{[1] [4]} , and brother David continued his father’s work by founding his own construction company DB Klain Builders ^{[4] [5]} .

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