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Christopher Landau
Christopher Thomas Landau (born November 13, 1963) is an American lawyer and diplomat serving as the United States deputy secretary of state since 2025. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Mexico from 2019 to 2021.
Landau studied law at Harvard University. After graduation, he clerked for several justices of the Supreme Court. After being confirmed as United States ambassador to Mexico, he was sworn in by a justice he clerked for.[failed verification]
In December 2024, President-elect Trump nominated Landau to serve as the United States deputy secretary of state in his second administration.
Christopher Thomas Landau was born on November 13, 1963, in Madrid, Spanish State, where his father, George W. Landau (later United States ambassador to Paraguay, Chile, and Venezuela), was then stationed with the United States Foreign Service.
Landau attended the American School of Asunción, Paraguay, for five years. He is fluent in Spanish and French.
Landau graduated from Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1981. He earned his BA in history, summa cum laude, from Harvard College in 1985, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year and earned a certificate in Latin American studies. He wrote his senior thesis on U.S. relations with the leftist government of Venezuela in the mid-1940s. He received his JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1989, where he was articles co-chair of the Harvard Law Review.
After graduating from law school, Landau clerked for Judge Clarence Thomas of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He later clerked for Thomas again in 1990 to 1991 after Thomas was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and then Justice Antonin Scalia in 1991–92. During the former clerkship, Landau was co-clerk with Lawrence Lessig; during the latter clerkship, he was co-clerk with Gregory G. Katsas, Gregory E. Maggs, and Stephen R. McAllister.
In 1993, Landau joined Kirkland & Ellis as an associate, becoming a partner in 1995. He was chairman of the firm's appellate practice until he left after twenty-five years to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in 2018.
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Christopher Landau
Christopher Thomas Landau (born November 13, 1963) is an American lawyer and diplomat serving as the United States deputy secretary of state since 2025. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Mexico from 2019 to 2021.
Landau studied law at Harvard University. After graduation, he clerked for several justices of the Supreme Court. After being confirmed as United States ambassador to Mexico, he was sworn in by a justice he clerked for.[failed verification]
In December 2024, President-elect Trump nominated Landau to serve as the United States deputy secretary of state in his second administration.
Christopher Thomas Landau was born on November 13, 1963, in Madrid, Spanish State, where his father, George W. Landau (later United States ambassador to Paraguay, Chile, and Venezuela), was then stationed with the United States Foreign Service.
Landau attended the American School of Asunción, Paraguay, for five years. He is fluent in Spanish and French.
Landau graduated from Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1981. He earned his BA in history, summa cum laude, from Harvard College in 1985, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year and earned a certificate in Latin American studies. He wrote his senior thesis on U.S. relations with the leftist government of Venezuela in the mid-1940s. He received his JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1989, where he was articles co-chair of the Harvard Law Review.
After graduating from law school, Landau clerked for Judge Clarence Thomas of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He later clerked for Thomas again in 1990 to 1991 after Thomas was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and then Justice Antonin Scalia in 1991–92. During the former clerkship, Landau was co-clerk with Lawrence Lessig; during the latter clerkship, he was co-clerk with Gregory G. Katsas, Gregory E. Maggs, and Stephen R. McAllister.
In 1993, Landau joined Kirkland & Ellis as an associate, becoming a partner in 1995. He was chairman of the firm's appellate practice until he left after twenty-five years to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in 2018.
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