{{Short description|American civil servant}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = Under Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom | term_start = July 11, 2025 | preceded = Albert T. Gombis (Acting) | status = Acting | education = Dartmouth College (BA)<br>Harvard University (JD) }}
'''Jeremy P. Lewin''' is an American political appointee, serving as Acting Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom since July 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-31 |title=Opinion {{!}} The DOGE Alum Asking if Foreign Aid Is America's Problem |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/doge-foreign-aid-jeremy-lewin.html |access-date=2025-08-01 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Jeremy P. Lewin |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/jeremy-p-lewin/ |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=The New York |date=2025-02-27 |title=The People Carrying Out Musk's Plans at DOGE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/us/politics/doge-staff-list.html |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He has been affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency.<ref name="DOGE-six-figure-salaries">{{Cite magazine| issn = 1059-1028| last = Knibbs| first = Kate| title = Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries| magazine = Wired| access-date = 2025-03-14| url = https://www.wired.com/story/doge-government-salaries-elon-musk/}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Lewin attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, a private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating in 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hilton |first=Jodi |date=April 1, 2025 |title=BB&N students surprised to discover classmate worked for Doge before appointment at USAid |url=https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/04/01/bbn-students-surprised-to-discover-classmate-worked-for-doge-before-appointment-at-usaid/ |access-date=August 1, 2025 |website=Cambridge Day |language=en-US}}</ref> He later received his BA from Dartmouth College and his JD from Harvard Law School.<ref name="auto"/> He was a member of the Federalist Society at Harvard.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == After his law school graduation, he was a law clerk for Judge Judith W. Rogers of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sweet |first1=Jacqueline |title=New DOGE staffer appears to be young lawyer with surprising bio |url=https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/doge-jeremy-lewin |access-date=April 29, 2026 |work=The Handbasket |date=February 11, 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref name=":0" /> In 2024, he joined Munger, Tolles & Olson as a trial lawyer.<ref name=":0" />
Lewin joined the second Trump administration as a member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), appointed deputy administrator for policy and programs for USAID, and helped oversee the agency's dismantling.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Beaumont |first=Peter |date=2025-04-01 |title=Doge employee allegedly has history of misogyny, racism and violent outbursts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/doge-employee-misogyny-racism-violence |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Knickmeyer |first=Ellen |last2=Lee |first2=Matthew |date=2025-04-15 |title=DOGE associate is made acting head of foreign assistance at the State Department, a US official says |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-foreign-aid-musk-doge-lewin-373442292067b2070243daf8041e1668 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=From the Ivy League to working for Elon Musk's DOGE, meet the 28-year-old Mass. native turning the lights out at USAID - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/02/nation/jeremy-lewin-doge-us-aid-musk-trump/ |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Lewin authored memos detailing the decommissioning of the agency, including one titled "USAID's Final Mission", shortly after, remaining staff were fired.<ref>https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000195-de57-dc25-a3b7-deffc6eb0000</ref>
In June 2025, Lewin waived nine mandatory anti-fraud and counterterrorism safeguards in an effort to expedite a $30 million award to the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-DOGE official rushed grant to GHF despite staff warnings: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/9/ex-doge-official-rushed-trump%e2%80%91backed-ghf-grant-despite-staff-warnings |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
== Controversy == In April 2025, ''Rolling Stone'' published an investigation that interviewed with 10 people who knew Lewin, including a girl who had made a police complaint alleging he threatened her with a knife, allegations of assaulting a private school classmate, and making racist remarks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sweet |first=Jacqueline |date=April 1, 2025 |title=Top Trump USAID Staffer Accused of Violent Outbursts, Racist Remarks |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-usaid-jeremy-lewin-accused-violence-racist-remarks-1235307731/ |access-date=August 1, 2025 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
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