Alan F. Estevez is an American government official who served as

under secretary of commerce for industry and security The Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, or USC(IS), is a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Commerce and the principal advisor to the United States Secretary of Commerce on the export of sensitive goods an ...

in the

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from 2022 to 2025.

Education

Estevez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

and a Master of Science in national resource strategy from the

Industrial College of the Armed Forces The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy (Eisenhower School), formerly known as the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), is a part of the National Defense University (Washington, D.C.), National Defens ...

Career

From 1981 to 2002, Estevez served in the

Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is a headquarters-level staff of the United States Department of Defense. It is the principal civilian staff element of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and it assists the Secretary in carrying out au ...

, the

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, and the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. During the

Obama administration Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, took office following his victory over Republican nomine ...

, Estevez served in the

United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and superv ...

as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness and principal deputy under secretary of defense (acquisition, technology & logistics). After the end of the Obama administration, Estevez joined

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as a national security and logistics consultant. In July 2021, President

Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...

nominated Estevez to serve as

. He was confirmed to the position by the

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on March 31, 2022, and sworn in on April 19.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Estevez, Alan Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Rutgers University alumni Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy alumni National Defense University alumni United States Department of Defense officials United States Under Secretaries of Commerce Obama administration personnel Biden administration personnel