Louis DeJoy, the outgoing U.S. Postmaster General, speaks to reporters on December 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. On Monday, he announced that he is stepping down.
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U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is stepping down, the head of the country’s mail service confirmed in a statement on Monday.
Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino is set to head USPS until the Postal Service’s governing board names a successor.
“I believe strongly that the organization is well positioned and capable of carrying forward and fully implementing the many strategies and initiatives that comprise our transformation and modernization,” DeJoy said in the statement released Monday evening that referred to his “intention to retire.”
Last month, he asked the USPS Board of Governors in a letter to start a search for a new postmaster general.
DeJoy’s exit comes after he agreed earlier this month to allow the DOGE team of President Trump’s billionaire adviser Elon Musk to help find “further efficiencies” at USPS.
Edited by Padmananda Rama
