Benjamin Civiletti

Ben Civiletti
Ben Civiletti
73rd United States Attorney General
	In office; August 16, 1979 – January 19, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Griffin Bell
Succeeded by	William French Smith
17th United States Deputy Attorney General
	In office; 1978–1979
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Peter F. Flaherty
Succeeded by	Charles B. Renfrew
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
	In office; 1977–1978
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Dick Thornburgh
Succeeded by	Philip Heymann
Personal details
Born	Benjamin Richard Civiletti; July 17, 1935 (age 89); Peekskill, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Gaile Lundgren
Children	3
Education	Johns Hopkins University (BA); University of Maryland, Baltimore (LLB)

Benjamin Richard Civiletti (born July 17, 1935) is an American politician. He was the United States Attorney General during the last year and a half of the Carter administration, from 1979 to 1981. He was the first Italian American to serve as Attorney General.

Since 2001, Civiletti is one of the three members of the Independent Review Board,^[1] a board that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union must answer to when allegations of corruption or organized crime.^[2]

References

↑ "The Independent Review Board". Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
↑ The Independent Review Board Archived 2018-08-25 at the Wayback Machine.

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[1] "The Independent Review Board". Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[2] The Independent Review Board Archived 2018-08-25 at the Wayback Machine.

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