David Bernhardt

David Bernhardt
Bernhardt in 2019
53rd United States Secretary of the Interior
In office
January 2, 2019 – January 20, 2021
Acting: January 2 – April 11, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyKatharine MacGregor
Preceded byRyan Zinke
Succeeded byDeb Haaland
7th United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
In office
August 1, 2017 – April 11, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byMichael L. Connor
Succeeded byKatharine MacGregor
Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior
In office
October 5, 2006 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded bySue Ellen Wooldridge
Succeeded byHilary Tompkins
Personal details
Born
David Longly Bernhardt

(1969-08-17) August 17, 1969 (age 54)
Rifle, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGena Bernhardt
Children2
EducationUniversity of Northern Colorado (BA)
George Washington
University
(JD)

David Longly Bernhardt (born August 17, 1969) is an American lawyer who served as the 53rd United States Secretary of the Interior from 2019 to 2021 in the administration of Donald Trump. He previously was a shareholder at the Colorado law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck,[1] where he was an oil and energy industry lobbyist and natural resources attorney. He began working for the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) in 2001,[2] and served as the department's solicitor from 2006 to 2009 and deputy secretary from 2017 to 2019.[3][4]

President Donald Trump nominated Bernhardt to be the deputy secretary of the interior in April 2017.[5] He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2017,[6] and sworn into office on August 1.[7] He became acting secretary of the interior on January 2, 2019, following Ryan Zinke's resignation.[8] Bernhardt was nominated to officially become Secretary of the Interior in February 2019[9] and was confirmed on April 11, 2019.[10]

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  3. ^ Soraghan, Mike (November 18, 2005). "Colo. lawyer tapped for Interior post". Denverpost.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. ^ Soraghan, Mike (December 4, 2006). "Interior lawyer knows Colorado". Denverpost.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "Trump taps former Bush official for key Interior post". The Hill. April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  6. ^ Paul, Jesse (July 24, 2017). "Colorado's David Bernhardt, Trump's nominee for Interior Department post, is confirmed by Senate". The Denver Post. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  7. ^ Paul, Jesse (August 1, 2017). "David Bernhardt is sworn into post as deputy Interior secretary". Denverpost.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  8. ^ Knickmeyer, Ellen; Brown, Matthew; Lemire, Jonathan (December 15, 2018). "Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke resigning, cites "vicious" attacks". Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  9. ^ Trump, Donald J. (February 4, 2019). "I am pleased to announce that David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of the Interior, will be nominated as Secretary of the Interior. David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived, and we look forward to having his nomination officially confirmed!". @realdonaldtrump. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "PN503 - Nomination of David Bernhardt for Department of the Interior, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

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