Mayor Eric Adams finally revealed the name of his handsomely paid “rat czar” on Wednesday — after shrouding her name in secrecy for three weeks.

Kathleen Corradi, who currently works for the Department of Education, has been tapped to drive out the soaring rodent population currently plaguing the Big Apple.

The identity of the new rat czar had been a highly guarded secret, with many top City Hall officials unaware of who was taking on the job ahead of Wednesday’s announcement, sources told The Post.

Hizzoner — who famously loathes rats and never misses a chance to rage about them — disclosed on March 23 that he’d picked his “Director of Rat Mitigation” but bizarrely refused to name her or list her credentials.

Corradi has worked at the DOE for the past seven years and was most recently a director of space planning, according to her LinkedIn.

A City Hall source said the Corradi appointment likely came at the recommendation of the mayor’s chief of staff, Camille Varlack, who previously served at the chancellor’s senior adviser of operations at the DOE.

The insider said Corradi was not a highly visible presence in the DOE orbit.

The Adams administration first started advertising for the rodent czar position back in December, with a salary range of between $120,000 to $170,000.

The city received in excess of 900 applications for the position within the first two weeks, deputy mayor Meera Joshi said, joking that some of them were cats and dogs.

Adams has previously said said pandemic-fueled outdoor dining may have worsened the Big Apple’s rat infestation problem and, in recent months, signed legislation and implemented policies to wipe out the rodents.