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United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: Government position

The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters.

The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human
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United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human
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United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human
Incumbent
Xavier Becerra
since March 19, 2021
United States Department of Health and Human Services
StyleMr. Secretary
(informal)
The Honorable
(formal)
Member ofCabinet
Reports toPresident of the United States
SeatHubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, D.C.
AppointerPresident of the United States
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrumentReorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953
67 Stat. 631
42 U.S.C. § 3501
PrecursorSecretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
FormationMay 4, 1980
First holderPatricia Roberts Harris
SuccessionTwelfth
DeputyDeputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level I
Websitewww.hhs.gov

List of Secretaries of Health and Human

    Parties

  Democratic (9)   Republican (15)   Independent (1)

Status

  Denotes acting HHS Secretary

  Nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services

Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare

No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
1 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Oveta Culp Hobby Texas April 11, 1953 July 31, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
2 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Marion B. Folsom New York August 2, 1955 July 31, 1958
3 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Arthur S. Flemming Ohio August 1, 1958 January 19, 1961
4 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Abraham A. Ribicoff Connecticut January 21, 1961 July 13, 1962 John F. Kennedy
5 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Anthony J. Celebrezze Ohio July 31, 1962 August 17, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
6 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  John W. Gardner California August 18, 1965 March 1, 1968
7 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Wilbur J. Cohen Michigan May 16, 1968 January 20, 1969
8 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Robert H. Finch California January 21, 1969 June 23, 1970 Richard Nixon
9 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Elliot L. Richardson Massachusetts June 24, 1970 January 29, 1973
10 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Caspar Weinberger California February 12, 1973 August 8, 1975
Gerald Ford
11 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  F. David Mathews Alabama August 8, 1975 January 20, 1977
12 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Joseph A. Califano Jr. District of Columbia January 25, 1977 August 3, 1979 Jimmy Carter
13 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Patricia Roberts Harris District of Columbia August 3, 1979 May 4, 1980

Secretaries of Health and Human Services

No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
13 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Patricia Roberts Harris District of Columbia May 4, 1980 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
14 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Richard S. Schweiker Pennsylvania January 22, 1981 February 3, 1983 Ronald Reagan
– United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Speedy Long Louisiana February 3, 1983 March 9, 1983
15 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Margaret M. Heckler Massachusetts March 9, 1983 December 13, 1985
16 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Otis R. Bowen Indiana December 13, 1985 March 1, 1989
17 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Louis Wade Sullivan Georgia March 1, 1989 January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
18 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Donna Shalala Wisconsin January 22, 1993 January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton
19 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Tommy G. Thompson Wisconsin February 2, 2001 January 26, 2005 George W. Bush
20 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Michael O. Leavitt Utah January 26, 2005 January 20, 2009
– United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Charles E. Johnson Utah January 20, 2009 April 28, 2009 Barack Obama
21 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Kathleen Sebelius Kansas April 28, 2009 June 9, 2014
22 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Sylvia Mathews Burwell West Virginia June 9, 2014 January 20, 2017
– United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Norris Cochran Florida January 20, 2017 February 10, 2017 Donald Trump
23 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Tom Price Georgia February 10, 2017 September 29, 2017
– United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Don J. Wright Virginia September 29, 2017 October 10, 2017
– United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Eric Hargan Illinois October 10, 2017 January 29, 2018
24 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Alex Azar Indiana January 29, 2018 January 20, 2021
– United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Norris Cochran Florida January 20, 2021 March 19, 2021 Joe Biden
25 United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services: List of Secretaries of Health and Human  Xavier Becerra California March 19, 2021 Incumbent

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