Adam Szubin | |
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United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
Acting | |
In office January 20, 2017 – February 13, 2017 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Jack Lew |
Succeeded by | Steven Mnuchin |
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence | |
Acting | |
In office April 16, 2015 – February 13, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | David Cohen |
Succeeded by | Sigal Mandelker |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 or 1973 (age 51–52) Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Miriam Szubin |
Children | 3 |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Adam Jacob Szubin (/ˈzuːbɪn/) is an American lawyer and former government official. Szubin served as the Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. He served as the acting secretary from January to February 2017 after the resignation of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin during the 2017 presidential transition. He previously served as the Director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
He is currently a Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University and a lawyer in private practice at Sullivan & Cromwell in D.C.