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

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.

The president is seeking to disband the mail provider’s governing board and put the USPS under the control of the Commerce Department.