President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE is appointing Frederic Malek, a longtime GOP fundraiser, to chair the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

“The President intends to appoint Frederic Malek of Virginia to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution and to designate him as Chair,” the White House said in a statement Wednesday announcing the decision.

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Malek served in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush.

He was a former president of Marriott Hotels.

Malek is also the founder of the conservative nonprofit group American Action Network.

The Wilson Center is considered a presidential memorial and is part of the Smithsonian Institute.