Robert C. Bonner

Robert Cleve Bonner
United States Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection
In office
March 1, 2003 – November 30, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byRalph Basham
Commissioner of the United States Customs Service
In office
September 10, 2001 – March 1, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRaymond W. Kelly
Succeeded byOffice abolished
5th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
In office
August 13, 1990 – October 31, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byTerrence M. Burke (Acting)
Succeeded byStephen H. Greene (Acting)
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
May 24, 1989 – August 12, 1990
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byPamela Ann Rymer
Succeeded byAudrey B. Collins
United States Attorney for the Central District of California
In office
February 15, 1984 – June 16, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded byStephen S. Trott
Succeeded byGary A. Feess
Personal details
Born
Robert Cleve Bonner

(1942-01-29) January 29, 1942 (age 82)
Wichita, Kansas
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Maryland, College Park (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)
WebsiteBiography at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP website
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1967–1971
Rank Lieutenant
UnitUnited States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps

Robert Cleve Bonner (January 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and arbitration neutral, a former prosecutor, former United States District Judge, former Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and former Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology, a retired partner at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and former Chair of the California Commission on Judicial Performance.