Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Plans Exit
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy asked the board overseeing the U.S. Postal Service to begin the succession process, paving the way for his departure after a turbulent run of almost five years leading the agency.
No specific timing was given for DeJoy’s exit in an announcement Feb. 18.
DeJoy was appointed to the role in 2020, late in President Donald Trump’s first administration and the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was caught in controversy from the outset amid concerns about whether service reductions would impact vote-by-mail efforts in that year’s presidential election.
He remained in the role through the President Joe Biden years, working to improve the agency’s shaky financial performance.
United States Postal Service Announces Tenure Plan of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. https://t.co/WhbpePS4OE pic.twitter.com/O2xAezltjT — U.S. Postal Service (@USPS) February 18, 2025
“The major initiatives we are currently endeavoring are multiyear programs and it is important to have leadership in place whose tenure will span this future period,” DeJoy said in the statement.
DeJoy was an executive with Connecticut-based XPO and served on its board of directors until 2018, according to the Postal Service.
USPS ranks No. 4 on the Transport Topics Top 50 list of the largest global freight companies.
XPO ranks No. 5 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest for-hire carriers in North America
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