Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th district
In office January 3, 2011 – January 23, 2017
Preceded by
Todd Tiahrt
Succeeded by
Ron Estes
Personal details
Born
Michael Richard Pompeo
(1963-12-30) December 30, 1963 (age 60) Orange, California, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Leslie Libert
(m. 1986; div. 1997)
Susan Justice Mostrous
(m. 2000)
Children
1
Residence(s)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Education
United States Military Academy (BS) Harvard University (JD)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1986–1991[1]
Rank
Captain
Unit
2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment
4th Infantry Division
Mike Pompeo's voice
Mike Pompeo speaks on the restoration of U.S. sanctions against Iran Recorded August 20, 2020
Michael Richard Pompeo (/pɒmˈpeɪoʊ/; born December 30, 1963) is an American politician who served in the administration of Donald Trump as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018 and as the 70th United States secretary of state from 2018 to 2021. He also served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.
After graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1986 and his obligatory five-year service as a United States Army officer, Pompeo went on to graduate from Harvard Law School. He worked as an attorney until 1998 and then became an entrepreneur in the aerospace and oilfield industries. Pompeo was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2010, representing Kansas's 4th congressional district until 2017.
Once a critic of Donald Trump, whom he called "authoritarian", Pompeo turned into one of his biggest supporters after Trump became the Republican nominee in the 2016 presidential election. Trump appointed him director of the CIA in January 2017 and secretary of state in April 2018. Pompeo is a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party; he focused U.S.-China relations in opposition to China's policies regarding the oppression of Uyghurs, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the South China Sea. He advocated for moving the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and the withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
As secretary of state, Pompeo declared that the U.S.'s human rights policy should prioritize religious liberty and property rights.[2] During his tenure, the U.S. moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,[3] and brokered the Abraham Accords, which normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.[4] He was among the staunchest Trump loyalists in the Cabinet and routinely flouted State Department norms in aid of Trump's objectives, including supporting Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.[5]
^Gerstein, Josh (January 12, 2017). "Who is Mike Pompeo". Politico. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^Verma, Pranshu (July 17, 2020). "Pompeo Says Human Rights Policy Must Prioritize Property Rights and Religion". The New York Times. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
^Farrell, Stephen (May 7, 2018). "Why is the U.S. moving its embassy to Jerusalem?". Reuters. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
^Holland, Steve (October 23, 2020). "Israel, Sudan agree to normalize ties with U.S. help". Reuters. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
^Jakes, Lara (November 10, 2020). "Pompeo backs Trump's actions to contest election results, and Biden calls them 'an embarrassment.'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
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