Jeh Johnson facts for kids
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Jeh Johnson
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| 4th United States Secretary of Homeland Security | |
| Assumed office December 23, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Alejandro Mayorkas |
| Preceded by | Rand Beers (acting) |
| Succeeded by | John F. Kelly (subject to Senate confirmation) |
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Jeh Charles Johnson
September 11, 1957 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Susan DiMarco (1994–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Morehouse College (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Jeh Charles Johnson (born September 11, 1957) is an American civil and criminal trial lawyer. He was born in New York City. He is the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2016). He was the General Counsel of the Department of Defense from 2009 to 2012 during the first Obama Administration. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Morehouse College (B.A.) and law at Columbia Law School (J.D.). he is the grandson of sociologist and Fisk University president Dr. Charles S. Johnson.
Johnson's first name is taken from a Liberian chief, who reportedly saved his grandfather’s life while he was on a League of Nations mission to Liberia in 1930.
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Johnson swears in Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaking at Arizona State University
