Randolph Alles

Randolph D. "Tex" Alles (born 1954) is an American law enforcement officer and government official who currently serves as the Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management and the de facto head of the DHS Management Directorate, under the various titles of both Acting Under Secretary and Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary. He also served as the 25th Director of the United States Secret Service from April 2017 to May 2019, and previously as the acting deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as in the United States Marine Corps, in which he reached the rank of major general.

Randolph Alles
Acting Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management
Assumed office
July 8, 2019
Acting: January 20, 2021 - Present
Performing Duties: November 2019 - January 20, 2021
Acting: July 8, 2019 - November 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byChip Fulghum (acting)
Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management
Assumed office
July 8, 2019
Performing Duties: May 7, 2019 - July 8, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byChip Fulghum
25th Director of the United States Secret Service
In office
April 25, 2017[1] – May 1, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyWilliam J. Callahan
Preceded byJoseph Clancy
Succeeded byJames M. Murray
Acting Deputy Commissioner of the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
In office
January 20, 2017 – April 25, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byKevin McAleenan
Succeeded byRon Vitiello (acting)
Personal details
Born1954 (age 66–67)
Houston, Texas
Children2[2]
EducationTexas A&M University
Naval War College
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Marine Corps
Years of service1976–2011
Rank Major General
Unit3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Battles/warsOperation Iraqi Freedom

Early life and education

Alles graduated from Texas A&M University in 1976 and became a naval aviator in the Marines. He later earned a master's degree from the Naval War College in 1999.[3]

Career

Alles held positions in both the Marine Corps and joint combatant commands. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, commanding Marine Aircraft Group 11[4] and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.[5] He retired as a major general.[6]

Alles retired from the Marine Corps in 2011,[7] after 35 years of military service,[6][7][8] and joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection the following year. During his time with CBP, he served as the Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner for Air and Marine Operations (AMO) until he was appointed Executive Assistant Commissioner for AMO in early 2013 until being appointed as acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of CBP's Enterprise Services in October 2016 before ultimately being appointed as Deputy Commissioner of CBP in January 2017.[5][9]

On April 25, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Alles as Director of the U.S. Secret Service.[5][6][7][8] On April 8, 2019, CNN reported that Trump was preparing to remove Alles from office.[10] Later that day, the White House confirmed Alles would be leaving at the end of April. Trump had reportedly grown disgruntled with Alles, and allegedly referred to him as "Dumbo".[11]

In May 2019, Alles was appointed to perform the duties of Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, while Chip Furghum served as Acting Under Secretary.[12] In July 2019, Alles succeeded Furghum to become the Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management and Acting Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management.[13] By November 2019, his acting status was removed, and was instead conferred the title of Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary.[14] He served under this title until he was once again made the Acting Under Secretary under the incoming Biden administration.[15]

References
  1. "Retired Gen. Randolph 'Tex' Alles to lead Secret Service". UPI.
  2. "Director of the United States Secret Service: Who Is Randolph Alles?". AllGov.
  3. "Randolph D. Alles" (PDF). U.S. House of Representatives. July 14, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  4. Lisbon, Bill (June 27, 2002). "Findings released on KC-130 crash in Pakistan". U.S. Marine Corps. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  5. Fandos, Nicholas (April 25, 2017). "Randolph Alles, Retired General, Is Chosen to Lead Secret Service". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  6. Beavers, Olivia (April 24, 2017). "Randolph Alles to be Next Secret Service Director: Report". The Hill. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  7. Boyer, Dave (April 25, 2017). "Trump Taps Retired Marine to Lead Secret Service". The Washington Times. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  8. "Trump Appoints Randolph Alles as New Secret Service Director". Fox News. April 25, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  9. "Director – Randolph D. Alles". United States Secret Service. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  10. Jake Tapper, Evan Perez and Betsy Klein. "Trump is removing US Secret Service director". CNN. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  11. Breuninger, Kevin (April 8, 2019). "Secret Service Chief is fired: NBC News". CNBC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  12. "Leadership". Department of Homeland Security. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019.
  13. "Randolph D. "Tex" Alles". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. July 8, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  14. "Leadership". Department of Homeland Security. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019.
  15. "A Message from Acting Secretary David Pekoske". Politico. January 20, 2021.

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