Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State of the US

Michael Richard Pompeo (born December 30, 1963) is an American politician, lawyer and former army officer serving as the 70th and current United States Secretary of State since 2018. He previously was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2018 and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2017. He is a member of the Tea Party movement within the Republican Party. He was a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee and member of the Italian American Congressional Delegation.

On March 13, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Pompeo as the new United States Secretary of State, succeeding Rex Tillerson after March 31, 2018. On April 26, 2018, Pompeo was confirmed by the Senate in a 57–42 vote and was sworn in the same day.

• From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pompeo, accessed 11 May 2018.