Sergio de la Peña

Sergio de la Peña
BornChihuahua City, Mexico
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Army
RankColonel
EducationUniversity of Iowa (BS)
United States Army Command and General Staff College (MA)
Political partyRepublican

Sergio de la Peña is an American politician and retired United States Army colonel who was deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs during the Trump administration.[1]

Career

De la Peña and a U.S. Navy captain in Honduras in 2018

De la Peña retired from the Army as a colonel. During his career, he was also a division chief of the U.S. Northern Command.[2] De la Peña worked for the private military contractor L-3 before founding[3][2] de la Peña Consulting, LLC in June 2011.[2] He spent five years leading the consultancy.[3]

De la Peña was surrogate for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign,[2][3] and was then part of the Trump transition team assigned to the United States Department of Defense.[3] In 2017, Defense Secretary James Mattis appointed De la Peña as deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere.[3][2]

2021 Virginia gubernatorial election

Main article: 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election § Republican convention

On January 11, 2021, de la Peña announced his candidacy as a Republican candidate for the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ex-Trump appointee to Pentagon seeks GOP nomination for Virginia governor". The Washington Post. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "On Trump's Latin America team: Carlos Trujillo's nomination moves forward in the Senate". Global Americans. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e Kheel, Rebecca (2017-05-18). "Defense chief appoints three senior officials". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  4. ^ "Sergio de la Peña announces he is running for Virginia Governor". WFXR News. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.