Russell Vought

Russell Vought
42nd & 44th Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Incumbent
Assumed office February 7, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Dan Bishop (nominee)
Preceded by	Shalanda Young
In office January 2, 2019 – January 20, 2021 Acting: January 2, 2019 – July 22, 2020[a]
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Derek Kan
Preceded by	Mick Mulvaney
Succeeded by	Shalanda Young
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Acting
Assumed office February 7, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Scott Bessent (acting)
Succeeded by	Jonathan McKernan (nominee)
Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office March 14, 2018 – July 22, 2020
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Brian Deese
Succeeded by	Derek Kan
Personal details
Born	Russell Thurlow Vought (1976-03-26) March 26, 1976 (age 48)
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mary Vought ​ (div. 2023)​
Children	2
Education	Wheaton College (BA) George Washington University (JD)

Russell Thurlow Vought (born March 26, 1976) is an American political aide and government official who has been the 44th Director of the Office of Management and Budget since 2025. He served in this role before from 2020 to 2021 as the 42nd director. He was also the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2018 to 2020.^[1] Before this, he was the vice president of Heritage Action for seven years.^[2] He also was a legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm.^[3][4]

In January 2019, Vought became Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget. On March 18, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate him to be the full time Director of the Office of Management and Budget.^[5] Vought became the permanent director on July 22, 2020. He left office in January 2021 after the inauguration of Joe Biden.

In 2021, Vought founded the organization the Center for Renewing America, which is focused against critical race theory.^[6] He is involved with Project 2025, a Heritage Foundation plan that wants to reshape the federal government.^[7]

In November 2024, President-elect Trump nominated Vought to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget again for his second administration.^[8]

Vought has been seen as a Christian nationalist who wants the government and society to have some parts of Christianity forced onto them while supporting some parts of separation between church and state.^[9]
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1. ↑ Emma Green (June 8, 2017). "Bernie Sanders's Religious Test for Christians in Public Office". The Atlantic. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
2. ↑ Edwards, Jane (April 10, 2017). "Russell Vought to Be Nominated OMB Deputy Chief". ExecutiveGov. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
3. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
4. ↑ Graff, Garrett (August 13, 2008). "The Insider: Russell Vought". Washingtonian. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
5. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts". The White House. Archived from the original on 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
6. ↑ "Republicans, spurred by an unlikely figure, see political promise in critical race theory". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
7. ↑ Mascaro, Lisa (August 29, 2023). "Conservatives are on a mission to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump's vision". Associated Press News.
8. ↑ "Trump taps Russ Vought, one of the authors of Project 2025, to lead budget office again". CBS News. November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
9. ↑ Reinhard, Beth (June 8, 2024). "Trump loyalist pushes 'post-Constitutional' vision for second term". The Washington Post.