Jeh Johnson

Jeh Johnson
Official portrait, 2014
4th United States Secretary of Homeland Security
In office December 23, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Alejandro Mayorkas
Preceded by	Janet Napolitano
Succeeded by	John F. Kelly
General Counsel of the Department of Defense
In office February 10, 2009 – December 31, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	William J. Haynes II
Succeeded by	Stephen W. Preston
General Counsel of the Air Force
In office October 15, 1998 – January 20, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Sheila C. Cheston
Succeeded by	Mary L. Walker
Personal details
Born	Jeh Charles Johnson (1957-09-11) September 11, 1957 (age 66) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Susan DiMarco ​ (m. 1994)​
Education	Morehouse College (BA) Columbia University (JD)

Jeh Charles Johnson (/ˈdʒeɪ/ "Jay"; born September 11, 1957) is an American lawyer and former government official. He was United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017.

From 2009 to 2012, Johnson was the general counsel of the Department of Defense during the first years of the Obama administration. Before joining the Obama administration, he was a federal prosecutor, the general counsel of the Department of the Air Force, and an attorney in private practice.

Johnson is currently a partner at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a member of the boards of directors of Lockheed Martin, U.S. Steel, and MetLife, and a trustee of Columbia University.