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==List of secretaries== |
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!colspan=2 |[[President of the United States|President(s)]] |
!colspan=2 |[[President of the United States|President(s)]] |
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!style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
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|[[File:Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Oveta Culp Hobby]] |
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|April 11, 1953 |
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|July 31, 1955 |
|July 31, 1955 |
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| rowspan="3" style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
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| rowspan="3" |[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] |
| rowspan="3" |[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] |
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!style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
!style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|2}} |
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|[[File:Folsom.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Marion B. Folsom]] |
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|July 31, 1958 |
|July 31, 1958 |
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!style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
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|[[File:ArthurSFlemming.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Arthur Sherwood Flemming|Arthur S. Flemming]] |
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|January 19, 1961 |
|January 19, 1961 |
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!style="background: {{Democratic Party (United States) |
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|[[File:Ribicoff.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Abraham A. Ribicoff]] |
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|January 21, 1961 |
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|July 13, 1962 |
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| rowspan="2" |[[John F. Kennedy]] |
| rowspan="2" |[[John F. Kennedy]] |
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|rowspan=2 |[[File:Celebrez.jpg|75px]] |
|rowspan=2 |[[File:Celebrez.jpg|75px]] |
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|rowspan=2; nowrap |[[Anthony J. Celebrezze]] |
|rowspan=2; nowrap |[[Anthony J. Celebrezze]] |
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|rowspan=2 |August 17, 1965 |
|rowspan=2 |August 17, 1965 |
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|rowspan=3 style="background: {{Democratic Party (United States) |
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|rowspan=3 |[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] |
|rowspan=3 |[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] |
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!style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
!style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|6}} |
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|[[File:John W. Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[John W. Gardner]] |
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|March 1, 1968 |
|March 1, 1968 |
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!style="background: {{Democratic Party (United States) |
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|[[File:Wilburportrait.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Wilbur J. Cohen]] |
|[[Wilbur J. Cohen]] |
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|January 20, 1969 |
|January 20, 1969 |
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|[[File:RobertHFinch.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Robert Finch (American politician)|Robert H. Finch]] |
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|January 21, 1969 |
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|June 23, 1970 |
|June 23, 1970 |
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| rowspan="3" style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
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| rowspan="3" |[[Richard Nixon]] |
| rowspan="3" |[[Richard Nixon]] |
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|[[File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Elliot Richardson|Elliot L. Richardson]] |
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|January 29, 1973 |
|January 29, 1973 |
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!rowspan=2 style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
!rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|10}} |
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|rowspan=2 |[[File:Caspar Weinberger official photo.jpg|75px]] |
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|rowspan=2 |[[Caspar Weinberger]] |
|rowspan=2 |[[Caspar Weinberger]] |
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|rowspan=2 |August 8, 1975 |
|rowspan=2 |August 8, 1975 |
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|rowspan=2 |[[Gerald Ford]] |
|rowspan=2 |[[Gerald Ford]] |
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!style="background: {{Independent (politician) |
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|[[File:F. David Mathews.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[F. David Mathews]] |
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|January 20, 1977 |
|January 20, 1977 |
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|[[Joseph A. Califano Jr.]] |
|[[Joseph A. Califano Jr.]] |
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|January 25, 1977 |
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|August 3, 1979 |
|August 3, 1979 |
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|rowspan=2 |[[Jimmy Carter]] |
|rowspan=2 |[[Jimmy Carter]] |
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|[[File:Patricia R. Harris official portrait.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Patricia Roberts Harris]] |
|[[Patricia Roberts Harris]] |
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|[[File:Patricia R. Harris official portrait.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Patricia Roberts Harris]] |
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|May 4, 1980<ref name=PatriciaHarris /> |
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|January 20, 1981 |
|January 20, 1981 |
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|[[Jimmy Carter]] |
|[[Jimmy Carter]] |
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|[[Richard Schweiker|Richard S. Schweiker]] |
|[[Richard Schweiker|Richard S. Schweiker]] |
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|January 22, 1981 |
|January 22, 1981 |
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|February 3, 1983 |
|February 3, 1983 |
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|rowspan="4" |[[Ronald Reagan]] |
|rowspan="4" |[[Ronald Reagan]] |
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|March 9, 1983 |
|March 9, 1983 |
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|[[Margaret Heckler|Margaret M. Heckler]] |
|[[Margaret Heckler|Margaret M. Heckler]] |
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|December 13, 1985 |
|December 13, 1985 |
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|[[File:Otis R. Bowen.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Otis Bowen|Otis R. Bowen]] |
|[[Otis Bowen|Otis R. Bowen]] |
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|March 1, 1989 |
|March 1, 1989 |
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|[[Louis Wade Sullivan]] |
|[[Louis Wade Sullivan]] |
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|March 1, 1989 |
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|January 20, 1993 |
|January 20, 1993 |
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|[[George H. W. Bush]] |
|[[George H. W. Bush]] |
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!style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|18}} |
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|[[File:Shalala portrait.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Donna Shalala]] |
|[[Donna Shalala]] |
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|January 22, 1993 |
|January 22, 1993 |
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|January 20, 2001 |
|January 20, 2001 |
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|style="background: {{Democratic Party (United States) |
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | |
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|[[Bill Clinton]] |
|[[Bill Clinton]] |
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!style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|19}} |
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|[[File:Tommy Thompson 1.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Tommy Thompson|Tommy G. Thompson]] |
|[[Tommy Thompson|Tommy G. Thompson]] |
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|January 26, 2005 |
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|rowspan=2 style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
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|rowspan=2 |[[George W. Bush]] |
|rowspan=2 |[[George W. Bush]] |
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|[[File:Mike Leavitt.jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Mike Leavitt|Michael O. Leavitt]] |
|[[Mike Leavitt|Michael O. Leavitt]] |
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|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 20, 2009 |
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|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |April 28, 2009 |
|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |April 28, 2009 |
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|rowspan=3 style="background: {{Democratic Party (United States) |
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | |
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|rowspan=3 |[[Barack Obama]] |
|rowspan=3 |[[Barack Obama]] |
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|[[File:Kathleen Sebelius official portrait (cropped).jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Kathleen Sebelius]] |
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|June 9, 2014 |
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|[[File:Sylvia Mathews Burwell official portrait (cropped).jpg|75px]] |
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|[[Sylvia Mathews Burwell]] |
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|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |February 10, 2017 |
|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |February 10, 2017 |
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|rowspan=5 style="background: {{Republican Party (United States) |
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|rowspan=5 |[[Donald Trump]] |
|rowspan=5 |[[Donald Trump]] |
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|[[Tom Price (American politician)|Tom Price]] |
|[[Tom Price (American politician)|Tom Price]] |
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|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 29, 2018 |
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|[[Alex Azar]] |
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|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |March 19, 2021 |
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|rowspan=3 style="background: {{Democratic Party (United States) |
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | |
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|rowspan=3 |[[Joe Biden]] |
|rowspan=3 |[[Joe Biden]] |
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|[[Xavier Becerra]] |
|[[Xavier Becerra]] |
Revision as of 08:29, 6 December 2021
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | |
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United States Department of Health and Human Services | |
Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | President of the United States |
Seat | Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, D.C. |
Appointer | President of the United States with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 67 Stat. 631 42 U.S.C. § 3501 |
Precursor | Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare |
Formation | May 4, 1980 |
First holder | Patricia Roberts Harris |
Succession | Twelfth[1] |
Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Salary | Executive Schedule, Level I |
Website | www.hhs.gov |
The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet. The office was formerly Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1980, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services, and its education functions and Rehabilitation Services Administration were transferred to the new United States Department of Education.[2] Patricia Roberts Harris headed the department before and after it was renamed.[3]
Nominations to the office of Secretary of HHS are referred to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the United States Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid,[4] before confirmation is considered by the full United States Senate.
Secretary of Health and Human Services is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,[5] thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.[6]
Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Hispanic descent to hold the post.
Duties
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_the_Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.png/170px-Flag_of_the_Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.png)
The duties of the secretary revolve around human conditions and concerns in the United States. This includes advising the president on matters of health, welfare, and income security programs. The secretary strives to administer the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out approved programs and make the public aware of the objectives of the department.[7]
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) was reorganized into a Department of Education and a Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS).
The Department of Health and Human Services oversees 11 agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).[8]
List of secretaries
- Parties
Democratic (9) Republican (15) Independent (1)
Status
Denotes acting HHS Secretary
Nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services
Health, education, and welfare | |||||||
No. | Portrait | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | |
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1 | ![]() |
Oveta Culp Hobby | Texas | April 11, 1953 | July 31, 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
2 | ![]() |
Marion B. Folsom | New York | August 2, 1955 | July 31, 1958 | ||
3 | ![]() |
Arthur S. Flemming | Ohio | August 1, 1958 | January 19, 1961 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Abraham A. Ribicoff | Connecticut | January 21, 1961 | July 13, 1962 | John F. Kennedy | |
5 | ![]() |
Anthony J. Celebrezze | Ohio | July 31, 1962 | August 17, 1965 | ||
Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||||
6 | ![]() |
John W. Gardner | California | August 18, 1965 | March 1, 1968 | ||
7 | ![]() |
Wilbur J. Cohen | Michigan | May 16, 1968 | January 20, 1969 | ||
8 | ![]() |
Robert H. Finch | California | January 21, 1969 | June 23, 1970 | Richard Nixon | |
9 | ![]() |
Elliot L. Richardson | Massachusetts | June 24, 1970 | January 29, 1973 | ||
10 | ![]() |
Caspar Weinberger | California | February 12, 1973 | August 8, 1975 | ||
Gerald Ford | |||||||
11 | ![]() |
F. David Mathews | Alabama | August 8, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | ||
12 | ![]() |
Joseph A. Califano Jr. | District of Columbia | January 25, 1977 | August 3, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | |
13 | ![]() |
Patricia Roberts Harris | District of Columbia | August 3, 1979 | May 4, 1980[9] | ||
Health and human services | |||||||
No. | Portrait | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | |
13 | ![]() |
Patricia Roberts Harris | District of Columbia | May 4, 1980[9] | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | |
14 | ![]() |
Richard S. Schweiker | Pennsylvania | January 22, 1981 | February 3, 1983 | Ronald Reagan | |
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Speedy Long | Louisiana | February 3, 1983 | March 9, 1983 | ||
15 | Margaret M. Heckler | Massachusetts | March 9, 1983 | December 13, 1985 | |||
16 | ![]() |
Otis R. Bowen | Indiana | December 13, 1985 | March 1, 1989 | ||
17 | ![]() |
Louis Wade Sullivan | Georgia | March 1, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | |
18 | ![]() |
Donna Shalala | Wisconsin | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton | |
19 | ![]() |
Tommy G. Thompson | Wisconsin | February 2, 2001 | January 26, 2005 | George W. Bush | |
20 | ![]() |
Michael O. Leavitt | Utah | January 26, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | ||
– | ![]() |
Charles E. Johnson | Utah | January 20, 2009 | April 28, 2009 | Barack Obama | |
21 | ![]() |
Kathleen Sebelius | Kansas | April 28, 2009 | June 9, 2014 | ||
22 | ![]() |
Sylvia Mathews Burwell | West Virginia | June 9, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | ||
– | ![]() |
Norris Cochran | Florida | January 20, 2017 | February 10, 2017 | Donald Trump | |
23 | ![]() |
Tom Price | Georgia | February 10, 2017 | September 29, 2017 | ||
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Don J. Wright | Virginia | September 29, 2017 | October 10, 2017 | ||
– | ![]() |
Eric Hargan | Illinois | October 10, 2017 | January 29, 2018 | ||
24 | ![]() |
Alex Azar | Indiana | January 29, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | ||
– | ![]() |
Norris Cochran | Florida | January 20, 2021 | March 19, 2021 | Joe Biden | |
25 | ![]() |
Xavier Becerra | California | March 19, 2021 | Incumbent |
Line of succession
The line of succession for the Secretary of Health and Human Services is as follows:[10]
- Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services
- Assistant Secretary for Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
- Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Commissioner of Food and Drugs
- Director of the National Institutes of Health
- Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
- Other Assistant Secretaries (following in the order they took the oath of office)
- Assistant Secretary for Health
- Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
- Assistant Secretary for Legislation
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources
- Assistant Secretary for Aging
- Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Director, Region 4 (Atlanta, Georgia)
Living former secretaries
Health, education, and welfare
As of July 2024, there are two living former secretaries of health, education and welfare, the older being Joseph A. Califano Jr. (served 1977–1979, born 1931). The most recent secretary of health, education and welfare to die was Caspar Weinberger (served 1973–1975, born 1917), on March 28, 2006. The most recently serving secretary to die was Patricia Roberts Harris (served 1979–1980, born 1924) on March 23, 1985.
Name | Term | Date of birth (and age) |
---|---|---|
F. David Mathews | 1975–1977 | December 6, 1935 |
Joseph A. Califano Jr. | 1977–1979 | May 15, 1931 |
Health and human services
As of July 2024, there are eight living former secretaries of health and human services, the oldest being Louis W. Sullivan (served 1989–1993, born 1933); The most recent secretary of health and human services to die was Margaret Heckler (served 1983–1985, born 1931), on August 6, 2018. The most recently serving secretary to die was Otis R. Bowen (served 1985–1989) on May 4, 2013.
Name | Term | Date of birth (and age) |
---|---|---|
Louis W. Sullivan | 1989–1993 | November 3, 1933 |
Donna Shalala | 1993–2001 | February 14, 1941 |
Tommy Thompson | 2001–2005 | November 19, 1941 |
Mike Leavitt | 2005–2009 | February 11, 1951 |
Kathleen Sebelius | 2009–2014 | May 15, 1948 |
Sylvia Mathews Burwell | 2014–2017 | June 23, 1965 |
Tom Price | 2017 | October 8, 1954 |
Alex Azar | 2018–2021 | June 17, 1967 |
References
- ^ "3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ Holbrook, M. Cay (February 6, 2017). Foundations of Education: History and theory of teaching children and youths with visual impairments. American Foundation for the Blind. ISBN 9780891283409.
- ^ "Patricia R. Harris (1977–1979)—Miller Center". millercenter.org. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ "Jurisdiction | The United States Senate Committee on Finance". finance.senate.gov. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ 5 U.S.C. § 5312
- ^ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF).
- ^ "The President's Cabinet". Ben's Guide. February 1, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
- ^ "HHS Agencies & Offices | HHS.gov". Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ a b Harris was Secretary on May 4, 1980, when the office changed names from Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary of Health and Human Services. Because the department merely changed names, she did not need to be confirmed again, and her term continued uninterrupted.
- ^ "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services". Federal Register. February 20, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
External links
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