What is United States Deputy Attorney General?
{{Infobox official post | post = United States Deputy Attorney General | insignia = Seal of the United States Department of Justice.svg | insigniacaption = Seal of the Department of Justice | image = Todd Blanche Outside Manhattan Criminal Courthouse (cropped) (cropped).jpg | imagecaption = | incumbent = [[Todd Blanche]] | acting = | incumbentsince = March 6, 2025 | department = [[United States Department of Justice]] | style = Madam. Deputy Attorney General | reports_to = [[United States Attorney General]] | appointer = The [[President of the United States|President]] | appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]] | seat = [[Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building|Department of Justice Headquarters]], [[Washington, D.C.]] | formation = May 24, 1950 | first = [[Peyton Ford]] | salary = [[Executive Schedule#Level II|Executive Schedule, Level II]] | website = {{url|www.justice.gov/dag}} }} The '''United States Deputy Attorney General''' is the second highest ranking official in the [[United States Department of Justice]] (DOJ). The Deputy Attorney General manages the day-to-day activities of the Department of Justice. It may act as [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] during the absence of the Attorney General. [[President of the United States]] appoints the Deputy Attorney General with the advice and consent of the [[United States Senate]]. The Office of the Deputy Attorney General was created in 1950.<ref> {{cite news|accessdate=2009-01-25|url=http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/mps/manual/ag.htm|title=DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Attorney General}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:United States Attorneys General| ]] [[Category:1950 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:United States Deputy Attorneys General| ]]