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Cecilia Rouse

1963–

United States

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Cecilia Elena Rouse ( ROWSS; born December 18, 1963) is an American economist and the President of the Brookings Institution. She served as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers between 2021 and 2023. She is the first Black American to hold this position.

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