United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
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 reports to the President of the United States. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
| 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 |
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) | |
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Oveta Culp Hobby | Texas | April 11, 1953 | July 31, 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
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Marion B. Folsom | New York | August 2, 1955 | July 31, 1958 | ||
| 3 | 
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Arthur S. Flemming | Ohio | August 1, 1958 | January 19, 1961 | ||
| 4 | 
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Abraham A. Ribicoff | Connecticut | January 21, 1961 | July 13, 1962 | John F. Kennedy | |
| 5 | 
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Anthony J. Celebrezze | Ohio | July 31, 1962 | August 17, 1965 | ||
| Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||||
| 6 | 
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John W. Gardner | California | August 18, 1965 | March 1, 1968 | ||
| 7 | 
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Wilbur J. Cohen | Michigan | May 16, 1968 | January 20, 1969 | ||
| 8 | 
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Robert H. Finch | California | January 21, 1969 | June 23, 1970 | Richard Nixon | |
| 9 | 
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Elliot L. Richardson | Massachusetts | June 24, 1970 | January 29, 1973 | ||
| 10 | 
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Caspar Weinberger | California | February 12, 1973 | August 8, 1975 | ||
| Gerald Ford | |||||||
| 11 | 
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F. David Mathews | Alabama | August 8, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | ||
| 12 | 
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Joseph A. Califano Jr. | District of Columbia | January 25, 1977 | August 3, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | |
| 13 | 
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Patricia Roberts Harris | District of Columbia | August 3, 1979 | May 4, 1980[2] | ||
Secretaries of Health and Human Services | |||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | |
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Patricia Roberts Harris | District of Columbia | May 4, 1980[2] | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | |
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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 | 
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Margaret M. Heckler | Massachusetts | March 9, 1983 | December 13, 1985 | ||
| 16 | 
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Otis R. Bowen | Indiana | December 13, 1985 | March 1, 1989 | ||
| 17 | 
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Louis Wade Sullivan | Georgia | March 1, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | |
| 18 | 
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Donna Shalala | Wisconsin | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton | |
| 19 | 
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Tommy G. Thompson | Wisconsin | February 2, 2001 | January 26, 2005 | George W. Bush | |
| 20 | 
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Michael O. Leavitt | Utah | January 26, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | ||
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Charles E. Johnson | Utah | January 20, 2009 | April 28, 2009 | Barack Obama | |
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Kathleen Sebelius | Kansas | April 28, 2009 | June 9, 2014 | ||
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Sylvia Mathews Burwell | West Virginia | June 9, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | ||
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Norris Cochran | Florida | January 20, 2017 | February 10, 2017 | Donald Trump | |
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Tom Price | Georgia | February 10, 2017 | September 29, 2017 | ||
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Don J. Wright | Virginia | September 29, 2017 | October 10, 2017 | ||
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Eric Hargan | Illinois | October 10, 2017 | January 29, 2018 | ||
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Alex Azar | Indiana | January 29, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | ||
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Norris Cochran | Florida | January 20, 2021 | March 19, 2021 | Joe Biden | |
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Xavier Becerra | California | March 19, 2021 | Incumbent | ||
United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services Media
The flag of the secretary of health, education, and welfare, the predecessor to the current office.
Robert H. Finch, 38th Lieutenant Governor of California, in 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
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