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Trump Announces CEA Acting Chair Yared Leaving for Columbia

7/1/2026

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President Donald Trump announced Pierre Yared will leave his acting chair role at the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) to return to Columbia Graduate School and praised him on Truth Social for making America wealthy.
The CEA website still lists Yared as chairman and provides no replacement.
CNBC reported calls and emails to Yared at Columbia received no response, noting his tenure as a Business School professor since 2007.

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President Donald Trump announced Pierre Yared will leave his acting chair role at the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) to return to Columbia Graduate School and praised him on Truth Social for making America wealthy.
The CEA website still lists Yared as chairman and provides no replacement.
CNBC reported calls and emails to Yared at Columbia received no response, noting his tenure as a Business School professor since 2007.