Scott de la Vega
American Civil Servant and Acting United States Secretary of the Interior
Scott de la Vega is an American attorney who served as the acting United States secretary of the interior in the Biden administration from January 20, 2021, to March 16, 2021. De la Vega served in an interim capacity until Biden's nominee, Deb Haaland, was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 2021, and sworn in the next day.
Career
De la Vega earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University at Albany, SUNY and a Juris Doctor from the Syracuse University College of Law. He was a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps and worked a litigator for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. De la Vega previously served as the director of the Department of the Interior's ethics office.
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