Chris Krebs | |
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1st Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | |
In office November 16, 2018 – November 17, 2020 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Matthew Travis |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Brandon Wales (acting) |
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate | |
In office June 15, 2018 – November 15, 2018 Acting: July 24, 2017 – June 15, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Matthew Travis |
Preceded by | Suzanne Spaulding |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Infrastructure Protection | |
In office August 1, 2017 – June 15, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Caitlin Durkovich |
Succeeded by | Brian Harrell |
Personal details | |
Born | Christopher Cox Krebs January 30, 1977 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Education | University of Virginia (BA) George Mason University (JD) |
Christopher Cox Krebs (born 1977) is an American attorney who served as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 until November 17, 2020, when President Donald Trump fired Krebs for contradicting Trump's claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.[1]