Adam Jacob Szubin () is an American lawyer and former government official. Szubin served as the Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. He served as the acting secretary from January to February 2017 after the resignation of Treasury Secretary

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and Deputy Treasury Secretary

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during the 2017 presidential transition. He previously served as the Director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). He is currently a Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the

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and a lawyer in private practice at

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in D.C.

Education

Szubin is from an

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family and attended Yavneh Academy and the

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. He received an A.B. from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher ...

and a J.D. from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each c ...

Department of the Treasury

Joining the Treasury in 2004, Szubin served in the Bush administration as the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. From 2006 to 2015, Szubin served as the Director of Treasury's

Office of Foreign Assets Control The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the U.S. Treasury Department. It administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy o ...

. On April 16, 2015, President Obama nominated him as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes. In 2015, he appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. In 2016, the Senate Banking Committee approved his nomination but he was never confirmed by the full Senate. Still unconfirmed, President Trump asked him to stay on in his post as Under Secretary. He became the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on January 20, 2017 after the resignation of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin. After the confirmation of

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as Secretary of the Treasury, Szubin left government service.

Personal life

As of 2004, Szubin lived with his wife, Miriam Weiner,WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Miriam Weiner, Adam Szubin
/ref> and three children, in Washington, DC.

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