14 Facts About David Norquist

David L Norquist was born on November 24,1966 and is an American financial management professional and former government official who served as the 34th United States deputy secretary of defense from 2019 to 2021.

In May of 2022, Norquist was selected as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Defense Industrial Association.

David Norquist graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Public Policy in 1989.

David Norquist began his career in 1989 as a Presidential Management Fellow and GS-9 Program Budget Analyst, a federal civil servant position for the Department of the Army; he served in that position for four years.

David Norquist was Director of Resource Management at Menwith Hill Station in Harrogate, United Kingdom for the US Army Intelligence and Security Command from 1995 to 1996.

For six years, between 1997 and 2002, David Norquist worked as a staffer on the Subcommittee on Defense for the House Appropriations Committee.

In 2006, Norquist was selected by President George W Bush to be Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Homeland Security.

David Norquist served in this position from June 1,2006 to December 1,2008.

David Norquist was confirmed by the US Senate on May 25,2017 by unanimous consent and began serving on June 2,2017.

David Norquist served as acting deputy for several months before being formally nominated for the position.

David Norquist's nomination was sent to the Senate on July 23, and he was confirmed by voice vote on July 30,2019, after having acted in the role for nearly seven months.

David Norquist pledged to shake up the defense budget and to place a high priority on funding research and development of cutting-edge technologies such as hypersonics and artificial intelligence.

David Norquist became the acting secretary of defense on January 20,2021, and served in that role until Lloyd Austin, the Biden administration's nominee, was confirmed by the Senate on January 22.

David Norquist is the younger brother of Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform.