U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is stepping down, the head of the country’s mail service confirmed in a statement on Monday.
Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino is set to head the U.S. Postal Service until the USPS governing board names a successor.
“I believe strongly that the organization is well positioned and capable of carrying forward and fully implementing the many strategies and initiatives that comprise our transformation and modernization,” DeJoy said in the statement released Monday evening, which referred to his “intention to retire.”
Last month, he asked the USPS Board of Governors in a letter to start a search for a new postmaster general.