Andrew R. Wheeler | |
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![]() EPA portrait, 2018 | |
12th Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources | |
In office January 15, 2022 – March 15, 2022 | |
Governor | Glenn Youngkin |
Preceded by | Ann Jennings |
Succeeded by | Travis Voyles |
15th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
In office July 9, 2018 – January 20, 2021 Acting: July 9, 2018 – February 28, 2019 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Henry Darwin (acting) |
Preceded by | Scott Pruitt |
Succeeded by | Michael S. Regan |
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
In office April 20, 2018 – February 28, 2019 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Robert Perciasepe |
Succeeded by | Henry Darwin (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | citation needed] Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. | December 23, 1964 [
Political party | Republican |
Education | Case Western Reserve University (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (JD) George Mason University (MBA) |
Andrew R. Wheeler (born December 23, 1964[citation needed]) is an American attorney who served as the 15th administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2019 to 2021.[1] He served as the deputy administrator from April to July 2018,[2] and served as the acting administrator from July 2018 to February 2019. He has been a senior advisor to Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin since March 2022. He previously worked in the law firm Faegre Baker Daniels, representing coal magnate Robert E. Murray and lobbying against the Obama administration's environmental regulations.[3] Wheeler served as chief counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and to the chairman U.S. senator James Inhofe, prominent for his rejection of climate change.[4] Wheeler is a critic of limits on greenhouse gas emissions and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.[5]
In October 2017, Wheeler was nominated by President Donald Trump,[6] renominated in January 2018,[7] and confirmed as Deputy Administrator of the EPA in April 2018.[8] On July 9, 2018, Wheeler became the acting administrator following the resignation of Scott Pruitt.[9] On November 16, 2018, President Trump announced he would nominate Wheeler to serve as the EPA's permanent administrator.[10] He was confirmed for the position by a 52–47 vote in the Senate on February 28, 2019.[11]