John Barsa

John Barsa is an American businessman and consultant who formerly served as the United States Agency for International Development Acting Administrator in 2020. The White House requested that he assume the position of USAID Acting Deputy Administrator on November 7, 2020, which effectively circumvented the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 and would have required that he step down and leave the administrator's post vacant.

John Barsa is an American businessman and consultant who formerly served as the United States Agency for International Development Acting Administrator in 2020. The White House requested that he assume the position of USAID Acting Deputy Administrator on November 7, 2020, which effectively circumvented the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 and would have required that he step down and leave the administrator's post vacant. ==Military service== Barsa began his career in public service in the United States Army Reserve. He became an enlisted soldier in the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Special Forces Group, and later the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion. ==Legislative branch== Barsa served in the United States House of Representatives on U.S. Representative Lincoln Díaz-Balart's staff in the 1990s. During this period, he assisted Rep. Diaz-Balart with the passage of legislation such as the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act and the Helms-Burton Act. In 2011, as a Republican candidate he campaigned for the Virginia House of Delegates, but lost to incumbent Democrat Scott Surovell.

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