Adam Szubin | |
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United States Secretary of the Treasury Acting |
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In office January 20, 2017 – February 13, 2017 |
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President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Jack Lew |
Succeeded by | Steven Mnuchin |
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence | |
Assumed office April 16, 2015 |
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President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | David Cohen |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972/1973 (age 43–44) Teaneck, New Jersey |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Adam Jacob Szubin served as the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States from January 20, 2017 until February 13, 2017. He became the acting secretary after the resignation of Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, and Deputy Treasury Secretary, Sarah Bloom Raskin. Previously, he served as the Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
Szubin is from an Orthodox Jewish family and attended Yavneh Academy and the Ramaz School. He received a A.B. from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Szubin lives with his wife, Miriam, and three children, in Washington, DC.
Joining the Treasury in 2004, Szubin served in the Bush administration, as the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. From 2006 to 2015 (three years in the Bush administration and a further six in the Obama administration), Szubin served as the Director of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. On April 16, 2015, President Obama nominated him as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes. In 2016, the Senate Banking Committee approved his nomination but the full Senate never confirmed him. Still unconfirmed by the Senate, Trump asked him to stay on in his post as Under Secretary. He became the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States after the resignation of Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, and Deputy Treasury Secretary, Sarah Bloom Raskin, on January 20, 2017. After the expected confirmation of Steven Mnuchin as Secretary of the Treasury, Szubin will leave government service to pursue other endeavors.