Louis DeJoy, the head of the US Postal Service, intends to step down, the federal agency said Tuesday, after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts.

Louis DeJoy, the head of the United States Postal Service, said he intends to step down after five years in the role.

The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday said that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will be stepping down and that a successor will be named following a search.