# Robert Cekada **Status: stub — expand.** **Robert Cekada** is the Senate-confirmed **Director of the [[ATF]]**, sworn in April 30, 2026 — a career ATF agent confirmed to lead an agency that much of the congressional Republican majority has spent years proposing to abolish or fold into another component. His confirmation ended a long stretch of acting leadership at the bureau, during which the directorship had been held in an acting capacity by officials double-hatted from outside the agency. ## See also - [[ATF]] · [[Department of Justice]] · [[DOJ Component Tree]]