Daniel Poneman

Daniel Poneman
Acting United States Secretary of Energy
In office
April 22, 2013 – May 21, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded bySteven Chu
Succeeded byErnest Moniz
17th United States Deputy Secretary of Energy
In office
May 18, 2009 – October 5, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byClay Sell
Succeeded byElizabeth Sherwood-Randall
Personal details
BornDaniel Bruce Poneman
(1956-03-12) March 12, 1956
PartyDemocratic
SpouseSusan Danoff Poneman
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
Lincoln College, Oxford (MLitt)
WebsiteGovernment website
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Daniel Bruce Poneman (born March 12, 1956) is an American lawyer and businessman. He served as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2014. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago and a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. Poneman was Acting Secretary of Energy in 2013 following the resignation of Steven Chu until Ernest Moniz was confirmed and sworn in.