Reuters reports that Sigal Mandelker, the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors who has led the Treasury Department’s aggressive sanctions efforts targeting Iran and Venezuela for over two years, is leaving her post for the private sector.
Citing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the wire service notes she oversaw Washington’s massive upping of sanctions on Iran’s oil sector over US fears about Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and following the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal.
Mandelker helped the Treasury Department play “an increasingly central role in national security matters,” Mnuchin says today, praising her as a “fierce advocate for effectively leveraging our powerful economic tools to make an impact for a safer world.”
US Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker (YouTube screenshot)
Mandelker was appointed Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in June 2017.
Mnuchin says Mandelker had asked him to leave her post over the summer.
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