Louis Freeh

Louis Freeh
5th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
In office September 1, 1993 – June 25, 2001
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Deputy	David G. Binney Larry A. Potts Weldon L. Kennedy William Esposito Thomas J. Pickard
Preceded by	William S. Sessions
Succeeded by	Robert Mueller
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office May 30, 1991 – August 31, 1993
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Richard J. Daronco
Succeeded by	Shira Scheindlin
Personal details
Born	Louis Joseph Freeh (1950-01-06) January 6, 1950 (age 74) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Marilyn Coyle ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	6
Education	Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA) Rutgers University, Newark (JD) New York University (LLM)

Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950) is an American attorney and former judge who served as the fifth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from September 1993 to June 2001.

Graduated from Rutgers University and New York University School of Law, Freeh began his career as a special agent in the FBI, and was later an Assistant United States Attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A Republican, he was later appointed as FBI director by President Bill Clinton.^[1][2] He is now a lawyer and consultant in the private sector.