Nomination of Joseph F. Salgado To Be Deputy Secretary of Energy

The President today announced his intention to nominate Joseph F. Salgado to be Deputy Secretary of Energy. He would succeed William F. Martin.

Since 1985 Mr. Salgado has been Under Secretary of Energy in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was Associate Director for Presidential Personnel at the White House, 1983-1985. From 1982 to 1983, he served as the Associate Commissioner for Enforcement at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice. Mr. Salgado has also served as deputy district attorney and senior trial attorney for the Alameda County district attorney's office in California, 1973-1981, and as a sergeant with the Oakland Police Department, 1966-1973.

Mr. Salgado graduated from the University of San Francisco (B.S., 1968) and San Francisco Law School (J.D., 1972). He was born January 10, 1943, in San Diego, CA, and currently resides in Alexandria, VA.