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Alejandro Mayorkas
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United States Secretary of Homeland Security | |
Taking office TBD |
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President | Joe Biden (elect) |
Succeeding | Kirstjen Nielsen (de jure) Pete Gaynor (acting) |
6th United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | |
In office December 23, 2013 – October 28, 2016 |
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President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Jane Holl Lute |
Succeeded by | Elaine Duke |
Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services | |
In office August 12, 2009 – December 23, 2013 |
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President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Jonathan Scharfen (acting) |
Succeeded by | Lori Scialabba (acting) |
United States Attorney for the Central District of California | |
In office December 21, 1998 – April 20, 2001 |
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President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Nora Margaret Manella |
Succeeded by | Debra Wong Yang |
Personal details | |
Born | November 24, 1959 Havana, Cuba |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (JD) |
Alejandro N. Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is a Cuban-American lawyer and politician. He was the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security from December 23, 2013 to October 31, 2016.
On November 23, 2020, President-Elect Joe Biden announced that he plans to nominate Mayorkas to be the next United States Secretary of Homeland Security.

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