Chris Krebs
Chris Krebs | |
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| Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency[a] | |
| In office November 16, 2018 – November 17, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Matthew Travis |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Brandon Wales (acting) |
| Under Secretary of Homeland Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate | |
| In office June 15, 2018 – November 15, 2018 Acting: July 24, 2017 – June 15, 2018[b] | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Matthew Travis |
| Preceded by | George Foresman |
| Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
| Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection | |
| In office August 2017 – June 15, 2018 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Caitlin Durkovich |
| Succeeded by | Brian Harrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 30, 1977 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Education | University of Virginia (BS) George Mason University (JD) |
Christopher Cox Krebs (born January 30, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia ) is an American attorney who served as the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 to November 2020.
In November 2020, President Donald Trump fired Krebs for not agreeing with Trump on the disproven claim of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.[1]
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- ↑ Macias, Amanda (2020-11-18). "Trump says DHS cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs has been terminated". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
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