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Uttam Dhillon
Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 2, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byChuck Rosenberg
Robert Patterson (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Uttam Anthony Singh Dhillon

(1960-09-04) September 4, 1960 (age 64)
El Centro, California, U.S.
SpouseJanet Dhillon
Alma materCalifornia State University, Sacramento (BA)
University of California, San Diego (MA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Uttam Anthony Singh Dhillon (born September 4, 1960) is an American attorney and law enforcement official, serving as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. He was appointed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on July 2, 2018.[1] He is married to Janet Dhillon, chair of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.[2]

Education

Dhillon earned a BA in psychology from California State University, Sacramento, followed by an MA in psychology from the University of California, San Diego. Dhillon then earned his Juris Doctor from the attended UC Berkeley School of Law.[3]

Career

From 1990 to 1997, Dhillon served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, where he prosecuted major narcotics cases. Dhillon was appointed to the Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. As part of the task force, he coordinated with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to direct complex investigations of violent gangs and major narcotics trafficking organizations.[4]

Following his time in California, Dhillon served as a Senior Investigative Counsel for the United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform from 1997 to 1998, and the Policy Director for the House Republican Policy Committee in 2002. In 2003, he served as Chief Counsel and Deputy Staff Director of the United States House Committee on Homeland Security. In 2006, Dhillon became the first Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement at the United States Department of Homeland Security.[4]

Most recently, Dhillon worked with President Donald Trump as Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Uttam Dhillon as New Acting Administrator Of Drug Enforcement Administration". US Department of Justice. July 2, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Hayes, Charlotte (September 11, 2019). "Janet Dhillon". The Independent Women's Forum.
  3. ^ "DEA Leadership". Drug Enforcement Administration. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs". US Government Printing Office. March 31, 2006. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
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