How education and upbringing influenced the life of Mike Pompeo. A timeline of key moments.
Michael Richard Pompeo is an American retired politician prominent for his roles in the Trump administration. He served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018 and later as the 70th United States Secretary of State from 2018 to 2021. Before his executive branch appointments, Pompeo was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Kansas's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2017.
In 1900, Mike Pompeo's paternal great-grandmother, Adelina Tollis, emigrated to the United States from Italy.
On December 30, 1963, Michael Richard Pompeo was born.
In 1982, Mike Pompeo graduated from Los Amigos High School.
In 1986, Mike Pompeo graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he majored in engineering management.
In 1986, Mike Pompeo graduated from the United States Military Academy and began his five-year service as a United States Army officer.
In 1986, Pompeo married Leslie Libert, whom he later divorced.
In 1994, Mike Pompeo earned a juris doctor from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
In 1996, Mike Pompeo moved to Wichita, Kansas, and with friends, acquired several aircraft-parts manufacturers, renaming the entity Thayer Aerospace.
In 1998, Mike Pompeo became an entrepreneur in the aerospace and oilfield industries after working as an attorney.
In 2000, Pompeo married Susan Justice Mostrous and formally adopted her son, Nicholas.
In 2006, Mike Pompeo sold his interest in Nex-Tech Aerospace and became president of Sentry International, an oilfield equipment manufacturer.
From 2007 to 2009, Pompeo served as a local church deacon and taught Sunday school.
From 2007 to 2009, Pompeo served as a local church deacon and taught Sunday school.
In 2014, Pompeo told a church group that Christians needed to "know that Jesus Christ as our savior is truly the only solution for our world".
In 2015, during a talk at a church, Pompeo stated that "politics is a never-ending struggle ... until the Rapture."
In 2016, Mike Pompeo shifted from being a critic of Donald Trump to becoming a supporter after Trump became the Republican nominee.
In an interview with Fox News in January 2022, Pompeo claimed to have lost over 90 lb in the prior six months through self-guided exercises and dietary changes, a claim met with skepticism by experts.
In 2024, Pompeo's book, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love, was released amid speculations of his candidacy in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. In the book, Pompeo denigrated Jamal Khashoggi, the assassination victim, as an "activist" with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
In February 2025, Pompeo was hired by Columbia University as a distinguished fellow at its Institute of Global Politics to teach a course on diplomacy, decision-making, and organizational leadership.
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