1. Louis DeJoy was born on June 20,1957 and is an American businessman who served as the 75th US postmaster general.
37 Facts About Louis DeJoy
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Louis DeJoy was appointed in May 2020 by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and resigned on March 24,2025.
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Louis DeJoy was criticized for cost-reduction policies enacted after assuming office in June 2020, including eliminating overtime, and banning late or additional trips to deliver mail.
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In March 2021, Louis DeJoy issued a 10-year plan called "Delivering for America" to stabilize the finances of the Postal Service by slowing first class mail delivery, optimizing transportation networks, cutting post office hours, and raising prices.
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The plan assumed Congress would relieve the USPS of the requirement to pre-pay retiree health care costs, which with Louis DeJoy's urging it did with the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.
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Louis DeJoy was born on June 20,1957 in Brooklyn, New York City, and grew up in Islip, New York.
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Louis DeJoy is the son of second-generation Italian immigrants to the United States.
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Louis DeJoy's father worked in trucking, being assaulted multiple times, prompting his son to seek a safer line of work.
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Louis DeJoy earned a BBA in accounting from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.
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Louis DeJoy was CEO of High Point, North Carolina-based New Breed Logistics from 1983 to 2014.
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Louis DeJoy responded that the review found no evidence of a failure to fulfill the terms and conditions of their contract, and the USPS disputed some of the findings of the audit, saying that the high costs were instead due to the company operating in a high-labor-cost environment.
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When he was named postmaster general and CEO, DeJoy was president of LDJ Global Strategies, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based boutique firm with interests in real estate, private equity, consulting, and project management.
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Louis DeJoy has served as a major donor and fundraiser for a number of high-profile Republican Party politicians.
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Louis DeJoy helped fund President George W Bush's 2004 reelection campaign, co-chaired Rudy Giuliani's North Carolina fundraising campaign in 2008, and donated a combined $27,700 to Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential campaign.
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Louis DeJoy donated $1.2 million each to Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, and to the Republican Party since 2016.
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In May 2019, Louis DeJoy became local finance chairman for the 2020 Republican National Convention, then planned for Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The House Committee on Oversight and Reform opened an investigation into the allegations and the possibility that Louis DeJoy lied to the committee, and called for the Postal Service to suspend him.
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USPS Board Chair Mike Duncan, who had served as chairman of the Republican National Committee and had known Louis DeJoy personally, was involved with Louis DeJoy's recommendation for the role.
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Louis DeJoy was the first postmaster general in two decades without prior experience in the United States Postal Service.
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Louis DeJoy did not communicate the reasons for such changes within the organization, and such measures resulted in the slow down of the mail service.
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Louis DeJoy said he was trying to breathe new life into a "broken business model".
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Louis DeJoy said that equipment that had already been removed would not be restored.
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At this congressional testimony Louis DeJoy admitted that he was unaware of the cost of mailing a postcard or a smaller greeting card, the starting rate for US Priority Mail, or how many Americans voted by mail in the 2016 elections.
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Secretaries of state had requested that Louis DeJoy show them previews of the mailers that the USPS intended to send out, but Louis DeJoy refused, according to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.
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In February 2021, amid criticism and concern by Democratic lawmakers about the USPS under Louis DeJoy, Biden nominated three people to fill four vacancies on the USPS board of governors.
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That same month, Louis DeJoy stated that despite there being a change in president, he did not intend to leave the position, and said that he planned to be in the role "a long time, get used to me".
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Louis DeJoy angered some congressional Democrats, who repeatedly called for his firing, by not waiting to consult with the new board members on his 10-year turnaround plan, though the plan did promise to consult the board before implementing various changes.
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Louis DeJoy cited an ongoing Postal Service environmental review as well as the agency's grave financial condition as reasons for not including more electric vehicles in the initial order.
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In December 2022, Louis DeJoy announced yet another change in plans for purchases through 2028: an order of 60,000 custom-made vehicles from Oshkosh plus 21,000 EVs from other manufacturers.
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In March 2021, Louis DeJoy issued a 10-year plan called "Delivering for America" to stabilize the finances of the Postal Service.
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In 2024, Louis DeJoy was criticized for the implementation of larger regional hubs, which he said would slow mail delivery for rural customers but increase its speed for those who lived close to regional hubs.
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Multiple Congresspeople have criticized Louis DeJoy's plans, including Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff and Virginia Representative Gerry Connolly, for the effects that Louis DeJoy's proposals have had on mail delivery, especially in areas with delivery hubs that have been updated, such as Sandston, Virginia; Palmetto, Georgia; and Portland, Oregon.
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On February 18,2025, Louis DeJoy announced his intention to step down from the role of Postmaster General, asking the Postal Service Board of Governors to begin a search for his successor.
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On March 12,2025, Louis DeJoy entered into an agreement with "DOGE representatives to assist [the USPS] in identifying and achieving further efficiencies" outlined in the Delivering for America reform plan.
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Additionally, two USPS union leaders said that Louis DeJoy assured them there were provisions in the agreement that would prevent DOGE from having unchecked access to postal workers' employee records.
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Louis DeJoy donated $747,000 to Duke University in 2014, funding Blue Devil Tower and the Louis DeJoy Family Club at the football stadium.
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Louis DeJoy is on the board of the Fund for American Studies.