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Paul Mango, a former Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate and senior health official during President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s first term who was advising on the current transition, has died.<\/p>\n

Mango\u2019s death was confirmed Thursday afternoon by his current employer, the Paragon Health Institute.<\/p>\n

“Paul was a mentor and friend who dedicated his life to serving his country, who led a life of amazing accomplishment, and who will be dearly missed,” Brian Blase, Paragon’s president, said in a statement to Blue Light News. “Professionally, Paul’s unmatched leadership and management skills and attention to detail were instrumental in the success of Operation Warp Speed, saving many Americans’ lives.”<\/p>\n

A longtime health care consultant, Mango spent three years in the Trump administration, including as deputy chief of staff at the Department of Health and Human Services. He played a central role in the creation of Operation Warp Speed, the federal initiative designed to accelerate the development of a Covid-19 vaccine during the pandemic’s early days.<\/p>\n

Mango later touted Warp Speed, which helped generate two vaccines for the disease in less than a year, as an unprecedented example of cross-government collaboration and efficiency in an inside account of the vaccine sprint that he published in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeaders within business, professional sports, government and politics know that talent and teamwork are often at odds with each other,\u201d he wrote in Warp Speed: Inside the Operation That Beat Covid, the Critics and the Odds. <\/i>\u201cOperation Warp Speed was totally different, and the difference started at the top.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mango was tapped to help the Trump campaign with transition plans for the federal health department<\/a> after he won reelection in November.<\/p>\n

He had been on the short list to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, one of the department\u2019s largest agencies, during Trump\u2019s second term. He was also floated as a potential deputy secretary.<\/p>\n

He most recently was an adviser at Paragon, a conservative think tank.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the first Trump administration, Mango ran an unsuccessful campaign for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, losing in the GOP primary to the eventual Republican nominee, Scott Wagner.<\/p>\n

A military veteran, Mango spent nearly three decades as a consultant at McKinsey, eventually leading its health care practice.<\/p>\n

David Lim contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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