Sean Patrick Maloney

Sean Patrick Maloney
United States Ambassador to the OECD
In office
April 2, 2024  January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJack Markell
Succeeded byTBD
Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
In office
January 3, 2021  January 3, 2023
LeaderNancy Pelosi
Preceded byCheri Bustos
Succeeded bySuzan DelBene
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 18th district
In office
January 3, 2013  January 3, 2023
Preceded byNan Hayworth (redistricting)
Succeeded byPat Ryan (redistricting)
White House Staff Secretary
In office
September 14, 1999  January 20, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byPhillip Caplan
Succeeded byLisel Loy
Personal details
Born (1966-07-30) July 30, 1966
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
CitizenshipCanada
United States
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 2014)
Children3
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA, JD)

Sean Patrick Maloney (born July 30, 1966) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2024 to 2025. He served as the U.S. representative from New York's 18th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. The district includes Newburgh, Beacon, and Poughkeepsie. A member of the Democratic Party, Maloney ran for New York Attorney General in 2018, coming in third place to Letitia James in the primary.

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Hanover, New Hampshire, Maloney earned his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. He entered politics as a volunteer for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign and later served as his senior West Wing adviser and White House Staff Secretary.

Before being elected to Congress, Maloney worked as a software company executive and as an attorney. He was elected to Congress in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Nan Hayworth.

Maloney campaigned as a moderate and was a member of the centrist New Democratic Coalition while serving in Congress. He is the first openly gay person elected to Congress from New York State. He served as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 2021 to 2023. In 2022, he lost re-election in New York's 17th congressional district to Republican Mike Lawler.