Mike Flynn is an American government official who served as the Acting Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 2017-2018.[1]
Mike Flynn | |
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Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Acting | |
In office January 20, 2017 – April 3, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Stan Meiburg (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Andrew Wheeler |
Career
editFlynn joined the Environmental Protection agency in 1980 and served in a variety of positions including as the agency's Associate Deputy Administrator before being appointed deputy administrator. Flynn announced that he would retire in 2018.[2] Andrew Wheeler was confirmed as Deputy Administrator of the EPA on April 12, 2018, replacing Flynn.[3]
References
edit- ^ "EPA Deputy Administrator". 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Top EPA official Mike Flynn announces plans to retire in April". Washington Examiner. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ Senate confirms a former coal lobbyist as Scott Pruitt’s second-in-command at EPA, Washington Post, Steven Mufson, Brady Dennis & Dino Grandoni, April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.