Elaine Duke

Elaine Duke
7th United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
In office
April 10, 2017 – April 15, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byAlejandro Mayorkas
Succeeded byClaire Grady (acting)
Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security
In office
July 31, 2017 – December 6, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJohn F. Kelly
Succeeded byKirstjen Nielsen
United States Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management
In office
June 27, 2008 [1] – April 2010
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byPaul Schneider
Succeeded byRafael Borras
Chief Procurement Officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security
In office
December 5, 2005 – October 28, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byGregory Rothwell[1]
Succeeded byThomas W. Essig[1]
Personal details
Born
Elaine Costanzo

(1958-06-26) June 26, 1958 (age 66)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Harold Hanson
(m. 2006)
[2]
Children2
EducationSouthern New Hampshire University (BS)
Chaminade University (MBA)

Elaine Costanzo Duke (born June 26, 1958) is an American civil servant and former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, serving from April 10, 2017 until April 15, 2018. She became acting Secretary of Homeland Security on July 31, 2017,[3] when John F. Kelly assumed the office of White House Chief of Staff.[4] She left the acting position on December 6, 2017, upon the confirmation of Kirstjen Nielsen.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c "DHS Senior Leadership: The First Five Years: 2003-2008" (PDF). United States Department of Homeland Security. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Life was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Elaine C. Duke". United States Department of Homeland Security. August 8, 2017. Elaine Duke became the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on July 31, 2017. She was previously sworn in as the seventh Deputy Secretary of DHS on April 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Statement from Press Secretary Dave Lapan on Homeland Security Leadership". July 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "PN1544 - Nomination of Elaine C. Duke for Department of Homeland Security, 110th Congress (2007-2008)". www.congress.gov. June 27, 2008.
  6. ^ "PN135 - Nomination of Rafael Borras for Department of Homeland Security, 112th Congress (2011-2012)". www.congress.gov. April 14, 2011.