Chris Krebs
American attorney and former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Christopher Cox Krebs (born January 30, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia ) is an American attorney who served as the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 to November 2020.
Chris Krebs | |
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| Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency[a] | |
| In office November 16, 2018 – November 17, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Matthew Travis |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Brandon Wales (acting) |
| Under Secretary of Homeland Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate | |
| In office June 15, 2018 – November 15, 2018 Acting: July 24, 2017 – June 15, 2018[b] | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Matthew Travis |
| Preceded by | George Foresman |
| Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
| Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection | |
| In office August 2017 – June 15, 2018 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Caitlin Durkovich |
| Succeeded by | Brian Harrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 30, 1977 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Education | University of Virginia (BS) George Mason University (JD) |
In November 2020, President Donald Trump fired Krebs for not agreeing with Trump on the disproven claim of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.[1]
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change- ↑ Macias, Amanda (2020-11-18). "Trump says DHS cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs has been terminated". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
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