Alejandro Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas
7th United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	John Tien Kristie Canegallo (acting)
Preceded by	Kirstjen Nielsen
6th United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
In office December 23, 2013 – October 28, 2016
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
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
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	Nora Margaret Manella[1]
Succeeded by	Debra Wong Yang[2]
Personal details
Born	Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas (1959-11-24) November 24, 1959 (age 64) Havana, Cuba
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA) Loyola Marymount University (JD)

Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is a Cuban-American lawyer and politician. Mayorkas is the 7th and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security since February 2, 2021 during the Joe Biden cabinet. He was the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security from December 23, 2013 to October 31, 2016.^[3]

1. ↑ "PN19 - Nomination of Alejandro N. Mayorkas for Department of Justice, 106th Congress (1999-2000)". www.congress.gov. August 2, 1999. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
2. ↑ "PN1594 - Nomination of Debra W. Yang for Department of Justice, 107th Congress (2001-2002)". www.congress.gov. April 22, 2002. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
3. ↑ "Alejandro Mayorkas". June 27, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2018.