Lisa Monaco

Lisa Oudens Monaco (born February 25, 1968) is an American attorney and politician. Monaco was the 39th United States Deputy Attorney General from 2021 until 2025 during the Joe Biden administration. She was the Homeland Security Adviser to President Barack Obama. Monaco also served as acting United States Attorney General in her capacity as United States Deputy Attorney General for a couple of hours following the resignation of Merrick Garland at noon on January 20, 2025, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 508, until her own resignation after a couple of hours with Gary M. Restaino then serving as acting United States Attorney General in his capacity as United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, pursuant to Executive Order 14136 titled "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice" that was signed by President Joe Biden on January 3, 2025 and published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2025,^[1] for a few hours until President Donald Trump signed an executive order naming DOJ Chief Administrative Hearing Officer James McHenry as acting United States Attorney General later in the day on January 20, 2025.^[2]

Lisa Monaco
Acting United States Attorney General
In office January 20, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Emil Bove (acting)
Preceded by	Merrick Garland
Succeeded by	Gary M. Restaino (acting)
39th United States Deputy Attorney General
In office April 21, 2021 – January 20, 2025
President	Joe Biden
Attorney General	Merrick Garland
Preceded by	Jeffrey A. Rosen
Succeeded by	Todd Blanche
6th United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office March 8, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	John O. Brennan
Succeeded by	Tom Bossert
United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division
In office July 1, 2011 – March 8, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	David S. Kris
Succeeded by	John P. Carlin
Personal details
Born	Lisa Oudens Monaco (1968-02-25) February 25, 1968 (age 57) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD)

Career

Monaco was the Assistant Attorney General for National Security from 2011 to 2013, and as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department.

In 2017, Monaco became a senior national security analyst for CNN.^[3]

On January 6, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden nominated Monaco to become United States Deputy Attorney General under his administration.^[4] She was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 20, 2021 with a 98-2 vote and sworn-in the next day.