Douglas Domenech

Douglas Domenech
United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas
In office
September 18, 2017[1] – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byEsther Kia'aina
Succeeded byCarmen Cantor
8th Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources
In office
January 16, 2010 – January 11, 2014
GovernorBob McDonnell
Preceded byPreston Bryant
Succeeded byMolly Joseph Ward
Personal details
Born
Douglas William Domenech

(1955-08-05) August 5, 1955 (age 69)
Georgia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJeanne Marie Schram
ChildrenBen Domenech Emily Domenech
EducationVirginia Tech (BS)
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Douglas William Domenech is an American government official who served as the Assistant United States Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021.[1] He is a former a George W. Bush administration political appointee who served in roles of Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Department of the Interior, and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, as well as held a position on the White House Working Group on the Political Status of Puerto Rico.

A probe by the Interior Department's Inspector General concluded that Domenech had in 2017 misused his office for personal gain by getting the EPA to hire his son-in-law.[2] Investigators also said that Domenech had used his office to promote another family member's business.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas". U.S. Department of the Interior. 15 June 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Probe: Top US official misused office to get son-in-law job". AP NEWS. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-05-29.