Dat Tran

Dat P. Tran is an American civil servant who served as the principal deputy assistant secretary for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Enterprise Integration and was the acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from January 20 to February 9, 2021.

Dat Tran
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Acting January 20, 2021 – February 9, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	Carolyn Clancy (acting)
Preceded by	Robert Wilkie
Succeeded by	Denis McDonough
United States Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Enterprise Integration
Acting January 20, 2021 – November 4, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Melissa Sue Glynn
Succeeded by	Guy Kiyokawa
Personal details
Born	Vietnam
Education	Ohio State University (BS)

Early life and education

Tran was born in Vietnam. His family settled in Ohio and he graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in industrial systems engineering.^[1]

Career

Tran worked for Square D Power Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1]

He worked for the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee from 1995 to 2001.^[2]

On January 20, 2021, following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, Tran was selected to act as interim United States secretary of veterans affairs, pending the confirmation of nominee Denis McDonough by the United States Senate.^[3]