Robert Mueller
Robert Swan Mueller III (/ˈmʌlər/; August 7, 1944 – March 20, 2026) was an American lawyer and civil servant. He was the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 to 2013. He is a Republican. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and his original ten-year term was given a two-year extension by President Barack Obama.
Mueller is the longest-serving FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover. He was the head of the Special Counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.
In August 2025, it was announced that Mueller had Parkinson's disease. He died on March 20, 2026 in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 81.
References
- ↑ "FBI Nominee Lauded for Tenacity". The Washington Post. July 30, 2001. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Robert S. Mueller, III, September 4, 2001- September 4, 2013", Federal Bureau of Investigation: "he served as an officer for three years".
- ↑ Rosenstein, Rod. "Rod Rosenstein's Letter Appointing Mueller Special Counsel". The New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ↑ Schmidt, Michael; Agrawal, Nina (August 31, 2025). "Robert Mueller Has Parkinson's Disease, Family Says". The New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ↑ Leonnig, Carol; Lim, Clarissa-Jan (21 March 2026). "Former special counsel Robert Mueller has died". MS Now. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
Other websites
Media related to Robert Swan Mueller III at Wikimedia Commons
- Profile at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and staff
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Robert Mueller on IMDb
- Works by or about Robert Mueller in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Robert Mueller collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Robert Mueller Archived 2018-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
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