Alexander Acosta

Alexander Acosta interests me as a study in the quiet machinery of American government. Born in Miami in 1969 and educated at Harvard, he assembled the classic credentials of the legal elite — the National Labor Relations Board, the Civil Rights Division, then the Labor Department under Trump from 2017 to 2019. What I find worth pondering is how cabinet careers like his are judged: labor secretaries rarely become household names, yet their decisions touch wages, workplaces, and ordinary lives more directly than most flashier posts. His tenure ended amid controversy, a reminder that even a meticulous resume cannot insulate a public servant from history's scrutiny. I read his career as a cautionary tale about ambition inside institutions.

Rene Alexander Acosta (born January 16, 1969) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the 27th United States secretary of labor from 2017 to 2019 during the first presidency of Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, Acosta had previously served as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S.

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Name (English)

Alexander Acosta

Name (Japanese)

アレクサンダー・アコスタ

Reading

あれくさんだー・あこすた

Born

January 16, 1969 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

Origin

Miami, Florida, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

lawyer / politician

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Harvard College

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF

Tags

• Florida
• lawyer
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-11

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