By Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender is leaving the Trump administration less than five months after being confirmed by the Senate, the Treasury Department said.

Faulkender is the second Senate-confirmed official to leave the Treasury Department this month, following the departure of IRS Commissioner Billy Long, who said he was being tapped as ambassador to Iceland.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thanked Faulkender for his work at the department but gave no reason for his departure.

“Since January, he has played a critical role in overseeing the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s operations and executing on President Trump’s bold economic agenda,” Bessent said in a statement. “His important work has supported the passage of the

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