WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Rosenberg will replace previous administrator Michele Leonhart, who announced her retirement in April 2015.
“The Department of Justice today announced the appointment of Chuck Rosenberg to serve as Acting Administrator of the DEA,” the statement said on Wednesday.
Leonhart left during an internal investigation into a scandal over DEA agents taking part in sex parties in Colombia with prostitutes bankrolled by drug cartels.
Rosenberg is currently Chief of Staff to US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, but previously served as US Attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia from 2006 through 2008, and US Attorney of the Southern District of Texas from 2005 through 2006.
“Throughout his distinguished career in law enforcement and public service, Chuck [Rosenberg] has earned the trust and the praise of his colleagues at every level,” Lynch said. “He has proven himself as an exceptional leader, a skilled problem-solver, and a consummate public servant of unshakeable integrity.”
Rosenberg will assume his new post on May 18, 2015.
The DEA is a US federal agency tasked with combatting drug smuggling and use within the United States, but it also has the sole responsibility for carrying out US drug investigations abroad, according to the Agency’s website.
