The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden has nominated former Democratic New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney to be the next Representative of the U.S.
to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
He is the first openly LGBTQ+ person ever elected to Congress from New York and the highest ranking openly LGBTQ+ person ever to serve in the House.
He and his husband, Randy Florke, recently celebrated their 30th anniversary together as couple and have raised three children together.