Jeremy Lewin
American civil servant
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Jeremy P. Lewin is an American political appointee, serving as acting under secretary of state for foreign assistance, humanitarian affairs and religious freedom since July 2025.[1][2][3] He has been affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency.[4]
Harvard University (JD)
Jeremy Lewin | |
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| Under Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office July 11, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Albert T. Gombis (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Early life and education
Lewin attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, a private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating in 2015.[5] He later received his BA from Dartmouth College and a JD from Harvard Law School.[2] He was a member of the Federalist Society at Harvard.[5]
Career
After his law school graduation, he was a law clerk for Judge Judith W. Rogers of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[6][2][5] In 2024, he joined Munger, Tolles & Olson as a trial lawyer.[5]
Lewin joined the second Trump administration as a member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), appointed deputy administrator for policy and programs for USAID, and helped oversee the agency's dismantling.[7][8][9] Lewin authored memos detailing the decommissioning of the agency, including one titled "USAID's Final Mission"; shortly after, remaining staff were fired.[10]
In June 2025, Lewin waived nine mandatory anti-fraud and counterterrorism safeguards in an effort to expedite a $30 million award to the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.[11]
In late June 2026, news media outlets reported that Lewin would leave the State Department for the White House, to become deputy assistant to the president and senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council.[12] A few days later, on July 2, 2026, Politico reported that the planned move "was delayed," following a campaign against Lewin by far-right political activist Laura Loomer, and that he would remain at State instead.[13]
Controversy
In April 2025, Rolling Stone published an investigation based on interviews with at least ten people who knew Lewin, including a woman who had made a police complaint alleging Lewin threatened her with a knife and others who alleged that Lewin had assaulted a private school classmate and made racist remarks.[14][7]