Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction | Biographies

Mr. Stuart W. Bowen Jr. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., serves as the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. He was appointed as Inspector General for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA-IG) on January 20, 2004, by the Secretary of Defense with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. On October 29, 2004, with the enactment of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for 2005, the CPA-IG was redesignated as the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Prior to his appointment as CPA-IG, Mr. Bowen was a partner at the law firm of Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C. In January 2001, President Bush appointed Mr. Bowen as Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel. In June 2001, the President appointed him Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary. Before his White House tenure Mr. Bowen served as Deputy Counsel to the Bush-Cheney transition team; and from 1995 to 2000, he held a variety of positions on Governor Bush's staff, including Deputy General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, and Assistant General Counsel. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Bowen served as an Assistant Attorney General of Texas. And from 1991 to 1992, he served as a Briefing Attorney to Texas Supreme Court Justice Raul Gonzalez. Mr. Bowen is licensed by the Texas State Bar and admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and a variety of lower federal courts. Mr. Bowen also spent four years on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Air Force (intelligence), achieving the rank of captain. He holds a B.A. from the University of the South/Sewanee and a J.D. from St. Mary’s Law School.