Census Bureau Director Robert Santos resigned Thursday, cutting short a five-year appointment and making way for President Donald Trump to reshape the agency.

“It’s been such an honor to serve our nation,” Santos, appointed by President Joe Biden and sworn into office in 2022, wrote in a LinkedIn post.

His move comes during key preparations for the 2030 census, which will determine House seats and Electoral College votes for states. In his first administration, Trump’s plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census to nullify illegal immigrants were scuttled by the Supreme Court and a delay in the release of data into the Biden administration.

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