Caleb Orr | |
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| 27th Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs | |
| Assumed office November 12, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Ramin Toloui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 6,1994 |
| Education | Abilene Christian University (B.A.) Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.) |
Caleb William Orr (born July 6,1994) is an American attorney who has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs since November 2025.
Orr obtained a B.A. at Abilene Christian University and a J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center. [1] [2] He clerked for Jennifer Walker Elrod and has served as an advisor to Marco Rubio,Christopher Landau,and Michael Needham. [3] He was appointed by Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in a 53–47 vote on November 5,2025. [4]
Orr is a sixth-generation Texan and a Christian. [5] In 2018, Time magazine called him a "24-year-old whiz-kid specialist in tax policy",and noted that he worked out the details of Rubio's child tax credit and paid-family-leave proposals. [6] Orr was a contributor to Project 2025. [7]