David Bernhardt

David Bernhardt, born on August seventeenth, nineteen sixty-nine, is a prominent American lawyer and politician who made significant contributions to the United States Department of the Interior. His career in public service began in two thousand one, and he quickly rose through the ranks, serving as the department's solicitor from two thousand six to two thousand nine and later as deputy secretary from two thousand seventeen to two thousand nineteen.

Before his tenure in government, Bernhardt was a shareholder at the Colorado law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, where he specialized as a lobbyist and natural resources attorney. His expertise in these areas laid a strong foundation for his later roles in public office.

In April two thousand seventeen, President Donald Trump nominated Bernhardt to be the deputy secretary of the interior, a position he was confirmed for by the U.S. Senate on July twenty-four, two thousand seventeen. He was sworn into office on August first, two thousand seventeen, and became acting secretary of the interior on January second, two thousand nineteen, following the resignation of Ryan Zinke.

Bernhardt's official nomination as Secretary of the Interior came in February two thousand nineteen, and he was confirmed by the Senate on April eleventh, two thousand nineteen. He served in this capacity until two thousand twenty-one, playing a crucial role in shaping the policies of the department during his tenure.