Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Monday officially resigned his post as the head of United States Postal Service, which comes one month after he signaled his intent to leave the position.

DeJoy urged the service's board of governors to begin looking for his replacement in February, stating he would remain committed to the postal service while the search for his replacement was underway. He had served in the position since 2020.

“While our management team and the men and women of the Postal Service have established the path toward financial sustainability and high operating performance – and we have instituted enormous beneficial change to what had been an adrift and moribund organization – much work remains that is necessary to change our positive trajectory,” DeJoy said in a statement.

His departure comes approximately half-way through his 10-year USPS reform plan, which would drastically update the mail service. DeJoy first took office during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino will serve as the interim leader of USPS until a permanent successor is named. 

"I shall cheer on America’s 76th Postmaster General and the 640,000 men and women of the United States Postal Service who I have called my colleagues and friends for close to five years," DeJoy concluded. "It has been one of the pleasures of my life and a crowning achievement of my career to have been associated with this cherished institution, the United States Postal Service.”

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