Debra Rae Anderson (June 13, 1949 – November 10, 2022) was an American politician.

Deb Anderson
Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
January 20, 1989 – January 24, 1992
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byKaren Spencer
Frank Donatelli (Political and Intergovernmental Affairs)
Succeeded bySherrie Rollins
Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
In office
January 1987 – January 1989
Preceded byDonald Ham
Succeeded byRoyal J. Wood
Personal details
Born(1949-06-13)June 13, 1949
Bryant, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedNovember 10, 2022(2022-11-10) (aged 73)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationAugustana University (BA)

Anderson was born in Bryant, Hamlin County, South Dakota, and graduated from Bryant High School in 1967. She then graduated from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1971. Anderson served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1977 until her resignation in 1989; served as speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1987 until 1988. She was a Republican, Anderson then served during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. She died at her home in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2022, at the age of 73.[1][2]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Donald Ham
Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
1987–1989
Succeeded by
Bud Wood
Preceded by Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
1989–1992
Succeeded by
Preceded byas White House Director of Political and Intergovernmental Affairs