Rohit Chopra | |
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| 3rd Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | |
| In office October 12, 2021 – Febreuay 1, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kathleen Kraninger |
| Succeeded by | Scott Bessent (acting) |
| Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
| In office May 2, 2018 – October 12, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Joshua D. Wright |
| Succeeded by | Alvaro Bedoya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 30, 1982 Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MBA) |
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Rohit Chopra (born January 30, 1982) is an American consumer activist and politician. In May 2018, he became Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission.[1]
On January 17, 2021, then President-elect Joe Biden nominated Chopra to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 30, 2021 with a 50–48 vote.[3]
On February 1, 2025, Chopra was fired by President Donald Trump, as part of the change in administration.[4]
- ↑ "Rohit Chopra · Consumer Federation of America". Archived from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Biden taps Warren ally Chopra to lead Consumer Bureau". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Rohit Chopra, of the District of Columbia, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection)". United States Senate. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau". AP News. 2025-02-01. Retrieved 2025-02-01.