United States Deputy Attorney General

The United States deputy attorney general is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department. The deputy attorney general acts as attorney general during the absence of the attorney general. Lisa Monaco has served in this role since April 21, 2021.

The deputy attorney general is a political appointee of the President of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate. The position was created in 1950.

List of United States deputy attorneys general

References

External links

• Official website

1. United States Attorney General
2. Associate deputy attorney general
3. United States Assistant Attorney General
4. United States Associate Attorney General
5. Deputy attorney general
6. Solicitor General of the United States
7. Nicholas Katzenbach
8. Jeffrey A. Rosen
9. William P. Rogers
10. United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
11. Richard Donoghue
12. 2024 United States attorney general elections
13. Donald B. Ayer
14. William Barr
15. Terwilliger
16. Sally Yates
17. United States Department of Justice
18. Rod Rosenstein
19. James M. Cole
20. Cole Memorandum