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Paul Abbate

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Paul M. Abbate (born 1967) is an American law enforcement officer who served as the acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from January 19 to 20, 2025, following Christopher Wray's resignation. He also served as the 19th Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as the associate deputy director from 2018 to 2021.

V • T • EDirectors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau of Investigation Chiefs Finch • Bielaski • Allen (acting)
Directors Flynn • Burns • Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation Hoover • Tolson (acting) • Gray (acting) • Ruckelshaus (acting) • Kelley • Adams (acting) • Webster • Otto (acting) • Sessions • Clarke (acting) • Freeh • Pickard (acting) • Mueller • Comey • McCabe (acting) • Wray • Abbate (acting) • Driscoll (acting) • Patel
V • T • E← Donald Trump (1st)Presidency of Joe BidenDonald Trump (2nd) →
Leadership Chief executive President: Joe Biden (D) • First Lady: Jill Biden
Deputy executive Vice President: Kamala Harris (D) • Second Gentleman: Doug Emhoff
Cabinet Executive department heads Secretary of State: Daniel Bennett Smith (acting) • Antony Blinken • Secretary of the Treasury: Andy Baukol (acting) • Janet Yellen • Secretary of Defense: David Norquist (acting) • Lloyd Austin • Attorney General: John Demers (acting) • Monty Wilkinson (acting) • Merrick Garland • Secretary of the Interior: Scott de la Vega (acting) • Deb Haaland • Secretary of Agriculture: Kevin Shea (acting) • Tom Vilsack • Secretary of Commerce: Wynn Coggins (acting) • Gina Raimondo • Secretary of Labor: Al Stewart (acting) • Marty Walsh • Julie Su (acting) • Secretary of Health and Human Services: Norris Cochran (acting) • Xavier Becerra • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Matt Ammon (acting) • Marcia Fudge • Adrianne Todman (acting) • Secretary of Transportation: Lana Hurdle (acting) • Pete Buttigieg • Secretary of Energy: David Huizenga (acting) • Jennifer Granholm • Secretary of Education: Phil Rosenfelt (acting) • Miguel Cardona • Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Dat Tran (acting) • Denis McDonough • Secretary of Homeland Security: David Pekoske (acting) • Alejandro Mayorkas
Cabinet-level positions EPA Administrator: Charlotte Bertrand (acting) • Jane Nishida (acting) • Michael S. Regan • OMB Director: Rob Fairweather (acting) • Shalanda Young • Director of National Intelligence: Lora Shiao (acting) • Avril Haines • CIA Director:* David S. Cohen (acting) • William Joseph Burns • US Trade Representative: María Pagán (acting) • Katherine Tai • UN Ambassador: Richard M. Mills (acting) • Linda Thomas-Greenfield • CEA Chair: Cecilia Rouse • Jared Bernstein • SBA Administrator: Tami Perriello (acting) • Isabel Guzman • OSTP Director: Kei Koizumi (acting) • Eric Lander • Alondra Nelson (acting) • Arati Prabhakar • White House Chief of Staff: Ron Klain • Jeff Zients
*Elevated to Cabinet-level during term.
Notable non-Cabinet-level officials Executive Office of the President White House Press Secretary: Jen Psaki • Karine Jean-Pierre • White House Counsel: Dana Remus • Stuart Delery • Ed Siskel • National Security Advisor: Jake Sullivan • DPC Director: Susan Rice • Neera Tanden • Counselor to the President: Steve Ricchetti • Jeff Zients • CEQ Chair: Brenda Mallory • ONDCP Director: Regina LaBelle (acting) • Rahul Gupta • Senior Advisor to the President: Mike Donilon • Anita Dunn • Cedric Richmond • Gene Sperling • Neera Tanden • Mitch Landrieu • Julie Chávez Rodriguez • Keisha Lance Bottoms • John Podesta • Stephen K. Benjamin • Tom Perez • Annie Tomasini • Ben LaBolt • Karine Jean-Pierre • NEC Director: Brian Deese • Lael Brainard • Homeland Security Advisor: Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall • National Cyber Director: Chris Inglis • Kemba Walden (acting) • Drenan Dudley (acting) • Harry Coker
United States Armed Forces Secretary of the Army: John E. Whitley (acting) • Christine Wormuth • Secretary of the Navy: Thomas Harker (acting) • Carlos Del Toro • Secretary of the Air Force: John P. Roth (acting) • Frank Kendall • Joint Chiefs Chair: Mark Milley • Charles Q. Brown • Joint Chiefs Vice Chair: John E. Hyten • Christopher W. Grady • Army Chief of Staff: James C. McConville • Randy George • Marine Corps Commandant: David H. Berger • Eric M. Smith • Naval Operations Chief: Michael M. Gilday • Lisa Franchetti • Air Force Chief of Staff: Charles Q. Brown • David W. Allvin • Space Operations Chief: John W. Raymond • B. Chance Saltzman • National Guard Chief: Daniel R. Hokanson • Jonathan Stubbs (acting) • Steven Nordhaus • Coast Guard Commandant: Karl L. Schultz • Linda L. Fagan • NSA Director: Paul M. Nakasone • Timothy D. Haugh
Other executive branch positions Postmaster General: Louis DeJoy • Indian Affairs Assistant Secretary: Bryan Newland • Internal Revenue Commissioner: Charles Rettig • Doug O'Donnell (acting) • Daniel Werfel • Secret Service Director: James M. Murray • Kimberly Cheatle • Ronald L. Rowe (acting) • Solicitor General: Brian Fletcher (acting) • Elizabeth Prelogar • FBI Director: Christopher Wray • Paul Abbate (acting) • Fed Chair: Jerome Powell • NASA Administrator: Steve Jurczyk (acting) • Bill Nelson • FEMA Administrator: Robert J. Fenton (acting) • Deanne Criswell
Appointments to the Supreme Court Associate Justice: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Chronology Meetings of Congress 117th • 118th • 119th
Elections during presidency 2022 Senate • 2022 House • 2024 President • 2024 Senate • 2024 House
Conflicts and wars War on Terror (War in Afghanistan)
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