Wally Adeyemo

Adewale Wally Adeyemo (born May 20, 1981) is a Nigerian-American lawyer and government worker, he served as the United States deputy secretary of the treasury.

Wally Adeyemo
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15th United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Assumed office
March 26, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
SecretaryJanet Yellen
Preceded byJustin Muzinich
1st President of the Obama Foundation
In office
August 1, 2019 – March 25, 2021
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byValerie Jarrett (acting)
United States Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics
In office
2015–2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byCaroline Atkinson
Succeeded byDaleep Singh
Personal details
Born
Adewale O. Adeyemo

(1981-05-20) May 20, 1981 (age 43)[1]
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria[1][2]
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
Yale University (JD)

 He was also the number one president of the Obama Foundation. He served during the Obama government as the deputy national security advisor for international economics.[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (PDF). U.S. Senate. p. 19. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. "Commencement speaker Wally Adeyemo followed a remarkable road to leadership". April 15, 2021.
  3. "US/Nigeria: "Wally" Adeyemo, the golden boy on Joe Biden's team". The Africa Report.com. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  4. "6 Quick Facts About Adewale Adeyemo, Biden's Deputy Treasury Secretary". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  5. Affairs, Public; May 19, UC Berkeley|; 2021May 21; 2021 (2021-05-19). "Berkeley Talks transcript: Wally Adeyemo to graduates: You are prepared you to shape the world". Berkeley News. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Biden taps Nigerian-born Wally Adeyemo as Deputy Treasury Secretary". Vanguard News. 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-08-03.