Rajesh De

Raj De
General Counsel of the United States National Security Agency
In office
April 2012  March 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMatthew G. Olsen
Succeeded byGlenn S. Gerstell
White House Staff Secretary
In office
January 30, 2011  April 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLisa Brown
Succeeded byDouglas Kramer
Personal details
Born1971 or 1972 (age 53–54)
Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Rajesh "Raj" De (born circa 1972) is an American lawyer and former U.S. government official who later became the managing partner for the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm Mayer Brown. During the presidency of Barack Obama, he served in three significant government rolesas Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy, as White House Staff Secretary, and finally as general counsel of the U.S. National Security Agency.

Earlier in his career, he was counsel to the 9/11 Commission and assisted in drafting the 9/11 Commission Report and the legislation implementing recommendations of the Report.