The postmaster normal serves as CEO of the US Postal Service, overseeing all operations and guaranteeing it may well “fulfill its public service mission and preserve monetary sustainability nicely into the long run.”
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The place has a storied historical past, starting with Benjamin Franklin in 1775. Franklin served because the nation’s first postmaster normal after he was appointed by the Continental Congress.
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The place existed even earlier than the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the US Structure in 1789.
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Over the subsequent two centuries, the position gained important energy throughout the federal authorities. In 1828, President Andrew Jackson made it a part of the Cupboard, putting the position in line for succession.
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Jackson additionally began the follow of changing postal staff, which on the time comprised an enormous quantity of presidency jobs, with get together loyalists. This continued till President Richard Nixon halted such efforts in 1969.
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In 1971, USPS formally was fashioned as an unbiased company throughout the government department, a part of a reorganization of the centuries-old Put up Workplace Division. As a part of this shift, the postmaster normal was pulled from the Cupboard.
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The postmaster normal is now elected by the USPS Board of Governors, an 11-person group chosen by the president and suggested by the Senate.
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However simply because the postmaster normal is not a part of the Cupboard, does not imply the place does not nonetheless maintain important energy and gravitas.
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The place of postmaster normal is presently held by Louis DeJoy, appointed by the USPS Board of Governors beneath former President Donald Trump in 2020.
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Right this moment, the postmaster normal is the second-highest-paid federal authorities worker after the president. In 2021, DeJoy made a base wage of $305,681, which together with efficiency bonuses, totaled $480,985, in accordance with USPS knowledge.
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Supply: USPS 10-Ok Report, The Middle for Public Integrity
