John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior

John Raymond Garamendi is an American businessman, politician and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, including the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville in the United States House of Representatives since 2009. Garamendi was the California insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998, and the 46th lieutenant governor of California from 2007 until his election to Congress in late 2009.

The deputy secretary of the interior, in the United States government, advises and assists the secretary of the Interior in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Interior and its activities, and succeeds the secretary in his or her absence, sickness, or unavailability. The deputy secretary of the interior is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. In 1990, the title of the position was changed from under secretary of the interior to deputy secretary of the interior.