Pete Marocco
Pete Marocco | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | |
| In office February 3, 2025 – March 19, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Lewin |
| Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance | |
| In office January 21, 2025 – April 13, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Tracy Carson |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Lewin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter William Marocco August 22, 1975 Bell County, Texas, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | |
Peter William Marocco (born August 22, 1975) is an American political appointee who served as director of the Office of Foreign Assistance at the United States Department of State and as deputy administrator of USAID from January to April 2025. Marocco wrote the State Department cable ordering a freeze of all U.S. foreign aid (with exceptions for Israel, humanitarian aid, and other purposes) resulting in furloughs, layoffs and ending operations for almost all U.S.-funded aid projects, and significant confusion among providers funded with U.S. foreign aid. Various Republican figures stated their intent to merge USAID with the State Department.