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Carlos Hopkins
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Hopkins in 2018
4th Virginia Secretary of Veterans Affairs
In office
September 1, 2017 – January 15, 2022
Governor Terry McAuliffe
Ralph Northam
Preceded by John C. Harvey Jr.
Succeeded by Craig Crenshaw
Counsel to the Governor of Virginia
In office
January 11, 2014 – September 1, 2017
Governor Terry McAuliffe
Preceded by Jasen Eige
Succeeded by Noah Sullivan
Personal details
Born
Carlos LeMont Hopkins

(1971-02-27) February 27, 1971 (age 53)
Columbia, South Carolina
Political party Democratic
Residence Henrico County, Virginia
Alma mater The Citadel (B.A.)
University of Richmond (J.D.)
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Branch/service United States Army Reserve
Virginia Army Natl. Guard
Years of service 1990–1998 (USAR)
1998–present (ARNG)
Rank Colonel
Unit J.A.G. Corps

Carlos LeMont Hopkins (born February 27, 1971) is an American attorney and National Guard soldier. Previously serving as counsel to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, he was selected to serve as Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs following the departure of John C. Harvey Jr. in 2017, and was retained in that post when Ralph Northam took office as Governor in January 2018.

Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, Hopkins graduated in 1993 from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina with a degree in political science. He then attended the University of Richmond School of Law and worked in private practice and as deputy city attorney for Richmond, Virginia.

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