Sergio de la Peña is an American politician and retired United States Army colonel who was deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs during the Trump administration.

[1] De la Peña retired from the Army as a colonel.

[2] De la Peña worked for the private military contractor L-3 before founding[3][2] de la Peña Consulting, LLC in June 2011.

[3] De la Peña was surrogate for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign,[2][3] and was then part of the Trump transition team assigned to the United States Department of Defense.

[3][2] On January 11, 2021, de la Peña announced his candidacy as a Republican candidate for the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election.