United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox official post

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| insigniacaption = Seal of the department

| incumbent = [[Denis McDonough]]

| incumbentsince = February 9, 2021

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| [[Arkansas]]

| July 13, 1997

| rowspan=2| [[File:TogoDWest.jpg|75px]]

| rowspan=2| [[Togo D. West Jr.]]

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| January 2, 1998{{ref label|3|3|3}}

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| May 4, 1998

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| July 25, 2000

| January 20, 2001

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| [[File:Anthony Principi.jpg|75px]]

| January 23, 2001

| January 26, 2005

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| [[James Peake]]

| December 20, 2007

| January 20, 2009

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| [[File:Robert A. McDonald Official Portrait.jpg|75px]]

| [[Ohio]]

| July 30, 2014

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| [[David Shulkin]]

| [[Pennsylvania]]

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| [[Robert Wilkie]]<br>{{small|Acting}}

| [[North Carolina]]

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| [[Peter O'Rourke (U.S. government official)|Peter O'Rourke]]<br>{{small|Acting}}

| [[Virginia]]

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| July 30, 2018

| January 20, 2021

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| style="background:#E6E6AA;"| [[Dat Tran]]<br>{{small|Acting}}

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| style="background:#FFF;" |[[Denis McDonough]]

| style="background:#FFF;" |[[Minnesota]]

{{note label|1|1|1}} [[Anthony Principi]] served as Acting Secretary in his capacity as [[United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] September 26, 1992 – January 20, 1993.

 

 

{{note label|3|3|3}} West served as Acting Secretary from January 2, 1998<ref name="WH">{{cite press release |title=President Clinton Names Togo D. West Jr. As Acting Secretary Of The Department Of Veterans' Affairs |publisher=White House |date=December 2, 1997 |url=http://clinton6.nara.gov/1997/12/1997-12-02-togo-west-named-acting-secretary-at-veterans-affairs.html |access-date=September 9, 2009 |archive-date=October 5, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005221525/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1997/12/1997-12-02-togo-west-named-acting-secretary-at-veterans-affairs.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> to May 4, 1998.<ref name="vawest">{{cite web |author=Staff |title=The Honorable Togo D. West Jr. |publisher=[[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] |date=May 1999 |url=http://www.va.gov/biographies/west.htm |access-date=September 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304153405/http://www.va.gov/biographies/west.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2000}}</ref>

 

 

==See also==

 

==References==

{{Reflist}}

 

* {{Official website}}