{{Short description|United States Marine Corps general (born 1954)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Randolph Alles | image = Randolph Alles official photo (3x4 cropped).jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2021 | office = Acting Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management | president = Donald Trump<br>Joe Biden<br/>Donald Trump | term_start = July 8, 2019 | term_end = March 25, 2025<ref>https://www.dhs.gov/archive/person/randolph-d-tex-alles</ref> | predecessor = Chip Fulghum (acting) | successor = Benjamine Huffman (acting) | office1 = Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management | president1 = Donald Trump<br>Joe Biden<br>Donald Trump | term_start1 = July 8, 2019<br>Acting: May 7, 2019 – July 8, 2019 | term_end1 = March 25, 2025 | predecessor1 = Chip Fulghum | successor1 = | office2 = 25th Director of the United States Secret Service | president2 = Donald Trump | deputy2 = William J. Callahan | term_start2 = April 25, 2017<ref>{{cite web|title=Retired Gen. Randolph 'Tex' Alles to lead Secret Service |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/04/26/Retired-Gen-Randolph-Tex-Alles-to-lead-Secret-Service/5691493203362/|website=UPI}}</ref> | term_end2 = May 1, 2019 | predecessor2 = Joseph Clancy | successor2 = James M. Murray | office3 = Acting Deputy Commissioner of the<br>U.S. Customs and Border Protection | president3 = Donald Trump | term_start3 = January 20, 2017 | term_end3 = April 25, 2017 | predecessor3 = Kevin McAleenan | successor3 = Ron Vitiello (acting) | party = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | birth_place = Houston, Texas, US | death_date = | death_place = | children = 2<ref>{{cite web|title=Director of the United States Secret Service: Who Is Randolph Alles?|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/director-of-the-united-states-secret-service-who-is-randolph-alles-170522?news=860186 |website=AllGov}}</ref> | education = Texas A&M University<br>Naval War College <!-- militaryservice --> | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Marine Corps | service_years = 1976–2011 | rank = 15px Major General | unit = 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | battles = Operation Iraqi Freedom }}
'''Randolph D.''' "'''Tex'''" '''Alles''' (born 1954) is an American law enforcement officer and government official who had served as the Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management and the de facto head of the DHS Management Directorate, under the various titles of both Acting Under Secretary and Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary. He also served as the 25th Director of the United States Secret Service from April 2017 to May 2019, and previously as the acting deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as in the United States Marine Corps, in which he reached the rank of major general.
==Early life and education== Alles graduated from Texas A&M University in 1976 and became a naval aviator in the Marines.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} He later earned a master's degree from the Naval War College in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM11/20150714/103706/HHRG-114-HM11-Bio-AllesR-20150714.pdf|title=Randolph D. Alles|date=July 14, 2015|website=U.S. House of Representatives|accessdate=January 8, 2018}}</ref>
==Career== Alles held positions in both the Marine Corps and joint combatant commands. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, commanding Marine Aircraft Group 11<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pendleton.marines.mil/News/News-Article-Display/Article/535763/findings-released-on-kc-130-crash-in-pakistan/|title=Findings released on KC-130 crash in Pakistan|author=Lisbon, Bill|date=June 27, 2002|website=U.S. Marine Corps|accessdate=January 8, 2018|archive-date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063744/http://www.pendleton.marines.mil/News/News-Article-Display/Article/535763/findings-released-on-kc-130-crash-in-pakistan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.<ref name="NYT"/> He retired as a major general.<ref name="Hill"/>
Alles retired from the Marine Corps in 2011,<ref name="WTtaps"/> after 35 years of military service,<ref name="Hill"/><ref name="WTtaps"/><ref name="Fox"/> and joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection the following year. During his time with CBP, he served as the Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner for Air and Marine Operations (AMO) until he was appointed Executive Assistant Commissioner for AMO in early 2013 until being appointed as acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of CBP's Enterprise Services in October 2016 before ultimately being appointed as Deputy Commissioner of CBP in January 2017.<ref name="NYT"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Director – Randolph D. Alles | url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/leadership/#director | publisher=United States Secret Service | accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
On April 25, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Alles as Director of the U.S. Secret Service.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | last1=Fandos | first1=Nicholas | title=Randolph Alles, Retired General, Is Chosen to Lead Secret Service | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/us/politics/randolph-alles-secret-service.html?mcubz=0 | date=April 25, 2017 | newspaper=The New York Times | accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Hill">{{cite news | last1=Beavers | first1=Olivia | title=Randolph Alles to be Next Secret Service Director: Report | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/330329-randolph-alles-to-be-named-next-director-of-the-secret-service-report/ | date=April 24, 2017 | newspaper=The Hill | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref name="WTtaps">{{cite news | last1=Boyer | first1=Dave | title=Trump Taps Retired Marine to Lead Secret Service | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/25/randolph-tex-alles-tapped-lead-secret-service/ | date=April 25, 2017 | newspaper=The Washington Times | accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Fox">{{cite web | title=Trump Appoints Randolph Alles as New Secret Service Director | url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-appoints-randolph-alles-as-new-secret-service-director | date=April 25, 2017 | publisher=Fox News | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref> On April 8, 2019, CNN reported that Trump was preparing to remove Alles from office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/08/politics/randolph-tex-alles-secret-service-director/index.html|title=Trump is removing US Secret Service director|author=Jake Tapper, Evan Perez and Betsy Klein|website=CNN|date=April 8, 2019|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref> Later that day, the White House confirmed Alles would be leaving at the end of April. Trump had reportedly grown disgruntled with Alles, and allegedly referred to him as "Dumbo".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/08/secret-service-chief-is-fired-nbc-news.html |title=Secret Service Chief is fired: NBC News |last=Breuninger |first=Kevin |date=2019-04-08 |work=CNBC |access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref>
In May 2019, Alles was appointed to perform the duties of Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, while Chip Fulghum served as Acting Under Secretary.<ref>{{cite web| title=Leadership| url=https://www.dhs.gov/leadership| website=Department of Homeland Security |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507105928/https://www.dhs.gov/leadership |archive-date=May 7, 2019}}</ref> In July 2019, Alles succeeded Furghum to become the Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management and Acting Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/person/randolph-d-tex-alles|title=Randolph D. "Tex" Alles |date=July 8, 2019|website=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|accessdate=August 9, 2019}}</ref> By November 2019, his acting status was removed, and was instead conferred the title of Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary.<ref>{{cite web| title=Leadership| url=https://www.dhs.gov/leadership| website=Department of Homeland Security |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109075710/https://www.dhs.gov/leadership |archive-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> He served under this title until he was once again made the Acting Under Secretary under the incoming Biden administration.<ref>{{cite web| title=A Message from Acting Secretary David Pekoske| url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000177-21f1-de27-a5f7-3ff7c2e60000| website=Politico| date=January 20, 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{commons-inline}} *[https://www.secretservice.gov/about/leadership/#director Secret Service profile] *{{C-SPAN}}
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