Postmaster General DeJoy Steps Down Amid Push for Postal Service Reforms

Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino will temporarily assume the position.

Louis DeJoy, the U.S. Postmaster General, attends an event announcing the Postal Service's plan on implementing electric vehicles, at the Postal Service Headquarters in Washington on Dec. 20, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced that his nearly five-year tenure as the 75th leader of the United States Postal Service would end immediately on March 24.

This announcement comes 10 days after he agreed to work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the General Services Administration (GSA) on ways to make his department more efficient and six days before the first phase of service enhancements is expected to be implemented.