Sergio de la Peña | |
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Born | Chihuahua City, Mexico |
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Rank | Colonel |
Education |
University of Iowa (
BS) United States Army Command and General Staff College ( MA) |
Political party | Republican |
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]
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]
On January 11, 2021, de la Peña announced his candidacy as a Republican candidate for the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election. [4]
Sergio de la Peña | |
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Born | Chihuahua City, Mexico |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Rank | Colonel |
Education |
University of Iowa (
BS) United States Army Command and General Staff College ( MA) |
Political party | Republican |
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]
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]
On January 11, 2021, de la Peña announced his candidacy as a Republican candidate for the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election. [4]