Harold G. Christensen

{{Short description|American attorney and US Deputy Attorney General}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Harold G. Christensen

|image =

|caption =

|office = 23rd United States Deputy Attorney General

|president = Ronald Reagan

|term_start = 1988

|term_end = May 22, 1989https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3Aais9830.13.02.0080/pages

|predecessor = Arnold Burns

|successor = Donald B. Ayer

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|6|25}}

|birth_place = Springville, Utah, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|11|14|1926|6|25}}

|death_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

|alma_mater=University of Michigan

|party = Republican

}}

Harold G. Christensen (June 25, 1926 – November 14, 2012) was an American attorney who served as United States Deputy Attorney General from 1988 to 1989.{{cite web|author=Leslie Maitland Werner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/24/us/administration-is-ready-to-name-two-to-top-posts-in-justice-dept.html |title=Administration Is Ready to Name Two to Top Posts in Justice Dept. |work=NYTimes.com |date=1988-05-24 |accessdate=2017-05-07}}

At the age of 17, he served as a medic in the U.S. Navy during World War 2. He later attended the University of Utah for his undergraduate degree and the University of Michigan, where he obtained his law degree in 1951.{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Brooke |title=Hal Christensen was ultimate attorney and mentor, say friends, family |url=http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55288584&itype=cmsid |accessdate=10 November 2018 |publisher=Salt Lake Tribune |date=November 16, 2012}}

He briefly served as President Reagan's acting attorney general due to the resignation of Edwin Meese.

He died of cancer on November 14, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah at age 86.{{cite web|author=Brooke Adams |url=http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/news/55288584-78/christensen-attorney-general-law.html.csp |title=Hal Christensen was ultimate attorney and mentor, say friends, family |publisher=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=2012-11-16 |accessdate=2017-05-07}}