William Kovacic to Head FTC
Deborah Platt Majoras Resigning to Join Procter & Gamble
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/26/2008 11:23:00 AM MT
Federal Trade Commission member William Kovacic was tapped by President Bush to succeed Deborah Platt Majoras as chairman.
Kovacic was general counsel at the FTC before being named a commissioner. He was named general counsel in 2001 and sworn in as a commissioner in January 2005, returning to the FTC after a stint in academe. He also worked at the commission from 1979-83 before joining the D.C. office of Bryan Cave and later the faculty of the George Mason Law School.
Majoras described him Wednesday as "a free-market champion and a highly regarded advisor to emerging-competition authorities around the globe."
Majoras is resigning effective March 30 to join Procter & Gamble.
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