Lisa Monaco | |
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39th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
Assumed office April 21, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Jeffrey A. Rosen |
6th United States Homeland Security Advisor | |
In office March 8, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | John O. Brennan |
Succeeded by | Tom Bossert |
United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division | |
In office July 1, 2011 – March 8, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | David S. Kris |
Succeeded by | John P. Carlin |
Personal details | |
Born | Lisa Oudens Monaco February 25, 1968 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Lisa Oudens Monaco[1] (born February 25, 1968) is an American attorney, former federal prosecutor and national security official who has served as the thirty-ninth United States deputy attorney general since April 21, 2021.[2][3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Monaco previously served as homeland security advisor under President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017. In this role, she served as the chief counterterrorism advisor to the president and was a statutory member of the U.S. Homeland Security Council. Prior to this, Monaco served as associate deputy Attorney General from 2009 to 2011 and assistant attorney general for the National Security Division from 2011 to 2013.
Today, Lisa O. Monaco was sworn in as the 39th Deputy Attorney General (DAG) of the United States.