Meta has replaced president of global affairs Nick Clegg with Joel Kaplan, a Republican former staffer for President George W. Bush. Clegg is a former British deputy prime minister and Liberal Democrats leader.

In a post on his personal Facebook account and later X, Clegg wrote: "My time at the company coincided with a significant resetting of the relationship between ‘big tech’ and

Nick Clegg departs Meta after leading global affairs as longtime Republican Joel Kaplan, a key policy advocate, steps into the role.

Facebook parent Meta is replacing its president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, with Joel Kaplan, the company's current policy vice president and a former Republican Party staffer.

The president of Meta's Global Affairs team, Nick Clegg, is stepping down from his position at the company, the executive announced in a tweet on

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Former UK deputy prime minister Clegg ceded his job to Kaplan, who served as deputy chief of staff for policy under George W Bush.

Joel Kaplan, a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta’s head of policy.

Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs and a prominent voice in shaping the company’s policies, has announced his departure after seven years. Clegg shared the news on X and Threads, expressing that “this is the right time for me to move on” from his role at the social media giant.