Mike Pompeo is an American Republican politician who served as the 70th U.S. Secretary of State from April 2018 to January 2021. He previously directed the Central Intelligence Agency (2017-2018) and represented Kansas's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives (2011-2017).
What each year added up to: salary, plus outside income, royalties, endorsements, prizes and investment income where a source reports them. A financial disclosure gives ranges, shown as such.
Health, weight and religion appear only where the person, their physician or a reputable outlet has published them; each links to its source.
Life phases1
One octagon for each phase of the life of Mike Pompeo. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
OverviewGenerated from documented data: the office held, income against IRS percentiles, the highest recorded degree, and the reviewed legal record. Axes with no documented evidence are left out.
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
Scores, rubric and sources
01Education4 of 5
Medium confidenceHighest recorded degree: BS; JD.[2]Highest attainment by then: 1 secondary school, 2 some college, 3 bachelor's degree, 4 master's or professional degree, 5 doctorate.
02Wealth2.5 of 5
Medium confidenceDocumented income of $203,500 in 2020 is in the top 10% of US returns by adjusted gross income (IRS, tax year 2022, as tabulated by the Tax Foundation). Income, not net worth.[4]Net worth or income against the national thresholds of the time: 1 below the median household, 3 top 5%, 5 top 0.1%.
03Position4 of 5
High confidenceFormer Secretary of State: a national-level executive office.[1]Scope of the role held: 1 entry level, 3 senior manager or legislator, 5 head of state or government, or the top role of a major institution.
04Public standingNo evidence
Public approval or favourability where it was measured: 1 under 20%, 3 35 to 50%, 5 over 65%.
05HealthNo evidence
Documented health where an examination or disclosure exists: 5 no documented concern, 1 a serious documented condition.
06Misconduct3 of 5
High confidence1 documented matter(s) in the reviewed legal record, counted as the misconduct meter counts them.[8]The documented legal and ethics record within the phase, as in the misconduct meter: 0 none documented, 1 only matters resolved in their favour, 2 an open matter, 3 one finding, 4 two or three, 5 four or more. More is more documented misconduct.
07Social goodNo evidence
Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on health, safety, education, rights and the environment, from official statistics or peer-reviewed evidence: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
08Economic goodNo evidence
Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on efficiency, growth and fiscal sustainability, from CBO and peer-reviewed evidence, as in the good-for-society reading: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
Laws and contributions6
Bills1
Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015[6]H.R. 1599 (114th Congress)SponsorMarch 23, 2015Introduced by Pompeo on March 23, 2015 and passed by the House on July 23, 2015; it was referred to a Senate committee and did not become law.
Offices held3
U.S. Secretary of State[7]70th Secretary of StateLedApril 26, 2018Sworn in as the 70th Secretary of State on April 26, 2018, after Senate confirmation by 57-42; his appointment ended January 20, 2021.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency[2]LedJanuary 23, 2017Confirmed by the Senate 66-32 on January 23, 2017 and served until becoming Secretary of State on April 26, 2018.
U.S. Representative for Kansas's 4th district[7]MemberJanuary 3, 2011Served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 2011 to January 23, 2017, sitting on the Intelligence, Energy and Commerce, and Select Benghazi committees.
Work1
Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love[2]AuthorMemoir of his time in the Trump administration, published by HarperCollins in January 2023.
Companies founded1
Thayer Aerospace[7]Founded the aerospace supplier Thayer Aerospace, where he was CEO for more than a decade, before becoming president of the oilfield equipment company Sentry International.
Legal and ethics record1
Actions by courts, regulators and ethics bodies, each with where it stands. Reviewed October 10, 2026. Only documented official actions are counted: findings, penalties and settlements, and cases still open. A charge or an investigation is not a finding, cases that ended in the person's favour are listed as such, and it is not a judgment of character.
1 finding or penalty
Findings issuedEthicsOffice of Special Counsel Hatch Act finding on 2020 Republican National Convention speech[8]U.S. Office of Special CounselDecided November 9, 2021The U.S. Office of Special Counsel issued a report on November 9, 2021 concluding that Pompeo, while Secretary of State, violated the Hatch Act with his 2020 Republican National Convention speech and changed State Department policy governing such activity; he was one of at least 13 senior Trump administration officials the report found to have violated the Act. NBC News reported no disciplinary action or penalty against him.
Sources8
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