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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1535" data-file-height="1919" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Becerra" title="Xavier Becerra">Xavier Becerra</a><br /></div>since March 19, 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">United States Department of Health and Human Services</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mr. Secretary (informal)<br /><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable#United_States" title="The Honourable">The Honorable</a> (formal)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data">the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Cabinet">United States Cabinet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Building" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Building">Hubert H. Humphrey Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a><br />with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">advice and consent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">At the President's Pleasure</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data">Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953<br />67 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-67-631">631</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Title_42_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 42 of the United States Code">42 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3501">§ 3501</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">April 11, 1953<span class="noprint">; 71 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1953-04-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oveta_Culp_Hobby" title="Oveta Culp Hobby">Oveta Culp Hobby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession" title="United States presidential line of succession">Twelfth</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services">United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Schedule" title="Executive Schedule">Executive Schedule, Level I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/index.html">www.hhs.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>United States secretary of health and human services</b> is the head of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">United States Department of Health and Human Services</a>, and serves as the principal advisor to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> on all health matters. The secretary is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Cabinet">United States Cabinet</a>. The office was formerly Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1980, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare">Department of Health, Education, and Welfare</a> was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services, and its education functions and <a href="/wiki/Rehabilitation_Services_Administration" title="Rehabilitation Services Administration">Rehabilitation Services Administration</a> were transferred to the new <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" title="United States Department of Education">United States Department of Education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Roberts_Harris" title="Patricia Roberts Harris">Patricia Roberts Harris</a> headed the department before and after it was renamed.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nominations to the office of Secretary of HHS are referred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Health,_Education,_Labor,_and_Pensions" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions">Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">United States Senate Committee on Finance</a>, which has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before confirmation is considered by the full <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. </p><p>Secretary of Health and Human Services is a <a href="/wiki/Executive_Schedule#Level_I" title="Executive Schedule">level I position in the Executive Schedule</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus earning a salary of <a href="/wiki/US_Dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US Dollar">US$</a>246,400, as of January 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-Salary_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salary-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Becerra" title="Xavier Becerra">Xavier Becerra</a> has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Latino descent to hold the post.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duties">Duties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Secretary_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//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" decoding="async" width="170" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_the_Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.png/255px-Flag_of_the_Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Flag_of_the_Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.png 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="216" /></a><figcaption>The flag of the secretary of health, education, and welfare, the predecessor to the current office.</figcaption></figure> <p>The duties of the secretary revolve around human conditions and concerns in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. This includes advising the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a> on matters of <a href="/wiki/Health" title="Health">health</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Social_(security)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Social (security) (page does not exist)">welfare</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare" class="extiw" title="simple:United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare">Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)</a> was reorganized into a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" title="United States Department of Education">Department of Education</a> and a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS)</a>. </p><p>The Department of Health and Human Services oversees 11 agencies including the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration (FDA)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control" class="mw-redirect" title="Centers for Disease Control">Centers for Disease Control (CDC)</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" title="National Institutes of Health">National Institutes of Health (NIH)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administration_for_Children_and_Families" title="Administration for Children and Families">Administration for Children and Families (ACF)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Centers_for_Medicare_and_Medicaid_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services">Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_secretaries">List of secretaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Parties</dt></dl> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#3333FF; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></span> (9) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E81B23; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></span> (15) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></span> (2) </p><p><b>Status</b> </p><p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#e6e6aa; color:black;"> </span> Denotes acting HHS Secretary</span> </p><p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#cec1e7; color:black;"> </span> Nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services</span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="8"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health,_education,_and_welfare"><span id="Health.2C_education.2C_and_welfare"></span>Health, education, and welfare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Health, education, and welfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>State of residence </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President(s)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">1</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg/75px-Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg/113px-Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg/150px-Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1182" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oveta_Culp_Hobby" title="Oveta Culp Hobby">Oveta Culp Hobby</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td>April 11, 1953 </td> <td>July 31, 1955 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Folsom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Folsom.jpg/75px-Folsom.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Folsom.jpg/113px-Folsom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Folsom.jpg/150px-Folsom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="327" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marion_B._Folsom" title="Marion B. Folsom">Marion B. Folsom</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td>August 2, 1955 </td> <td>July 31, 1958 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">3</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ArthurSFlemming.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ArthurSFlemming.jpg/75px-ArthurSFlemming.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ArthurSFlemming.jpg/113px-ArthurSFlemming.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ArthurSFlemming.jpg/150px-ArthurSFlemming.jpg 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="230" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Sherwood_Flemming" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Sherwood Flemming">Arthur S. Flemming</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td>August 1, 1958 </td> <td>January 19, 1961 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">4</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ribicoff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ribicoff.jpg/75px-Ribicoff.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ribicoff.jpg/113px-Ribicoff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ribicoff.jpg/150px-Ribicoff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="327" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Ribicoff" title="Abraham Ribicoff">Abraham A. Ribicoff</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </td> <td>January 21, 1961 </td> <td>July 13, 1962 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">5</span> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Celebrez.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Celebrez.jpg/75px-Celebrez.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Celebrez.jpg/113px-Celebrez.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Celebrez.jpg/150px-Celebrez.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="327" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2;" nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Anthony_J._Celebrezze" title="Anthony J. Celebrezze">Anthony J. Celebrezze</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">July 31, 1962 </td> <td rowspan="2">August 17, 1965 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">6</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_W._Gardner,_U.S._Secretary_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/John_W._Gardner%2C_U.S._Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.jpg/75px-John_W._Gardner%2C_U.S._Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/John_W._Gardner%2C_U.S._Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.jpg/113px-John_W._Gardner%2C_U.S._Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/John_W._Gardner%2C_U.S._Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.jpg/150px-John_W._Gardner%2C_U.S._Secretary_of_Health%2C_Education%2C_and_Welfare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="322" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_W._Gardner" title="John W. Gardner">John W. Gardner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td>August 18, 1965 </td> <td>March 1, 1968 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">7</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilburportrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wilburportrait.jpg/75px-Wilburportrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wilburportrait.jpg/113px-Wilburportrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wilburportrait.jpg/150px-Wilburportrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="427" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_J._Cohen" title="Wilbur J. Cohen">Wilbur J. Cohen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td>May 16, 1968 </td> <td>January 20, 1969 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">8</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Finch,_1967.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Robert_Finch%2C_1967.jpg/75px-Robert_Finch%2C_1967.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Robert_Finch%2C_1967.jpg/113px-Robert_Finch%2C_1967.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Robert_Finch%2C_1967.jpg/150px-Robert_Finch%2C_1967.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1348" data-file-height="1797" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Finch_(politician)" title="Robert Finch (politician)">Robert H. Finch</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td>January 21, 1969 </td> <td>June 23, 1970 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">9</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg/75px-ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg/113px-ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg/150px-ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="684" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Richardson" title="Elliot Richardson">Elliot L. Richardson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>June 24, 1970 </td> <td>January 29, 1973 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">10</span> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg/75px-Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg/113px-Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg/150px-Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger" title="Caspar Weinberger">Caspar Weinberger</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">February 12, 1973 </td> <td rowspan="2">August 8, 1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #DCDCDC;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:black">11</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:F._David_Mathews.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/F._David_Mathews.jpg/75px-F._David_Mathews.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/F._David_Mathews.jpg/113px-F._David_Mathews.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/F._David_Mathews.jpg/150px-F._David_Mathews.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="356" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/F._David_Mathews" title="F. David Mathews">F. David Mathews</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> </td> <td>August 8, 1975 </td> <td>January 20, 1977 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">12</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swearing-in_of_Joseph_Califano,_Secretary_of_HEW_-_NARA_-_173478_(cropped).tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Swearing-in_of_Joseph_Califano%2C_Secretary_of_HEW_-_NARA_-_173478_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-75px-Swearing-in_of_Joseph_Califano%2C_Secretary_of_HEW_-_NARA_-_173478_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Swearing-in_of_Joseph_Califano%2C_Secretary_of_HEW_-_NARA_-_173478_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-113px-Swearing-in_of_Joseph_Califano%2C_Secretary_of_HEW_-_NARA_-_173478_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Swearing-in_of_Joseph_Califano%2C_Secretary_of_HEW_-_NARA_-_173478_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-150px-Swearing-in_of_Joseph_Califano%2C_Secretary_of_HEW_-_NARA_-_173478_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="664" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Califano_Jr." title="Joseph A. Califano Jr.">Joseph A. Califano Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> </td> <td>January 25, 1977 </td> <td>August 3, 1979 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">13</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/75px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/113px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/150px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3300" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Roberts_Harris" title="Patricia Roberts Harris">Patricia Roberts Harris</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> </td> <td>August 3, 1979 </td> <td>May 4, 1980<sup id="cite_ref-PatriciaHarris_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PatriciaHarris-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_and_human_services">Health and human services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Health and human services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>State of residence </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President(s)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">13</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/75px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/113px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/150px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3300" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Roberts_Harris" title="Patricia Roberts Harris">Patricia Roberts Harris</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> </td> <td>May 4, 1980<sup id="cite_ref-PatriciaHarris_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PatriciaHarris-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>January 20, 1981 </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">14</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Richard_Schweiker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Secretary_Richard_Schweiker.jpg/75px-Secretary_Richard_Schweiker.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Secretary_Richard_Schweiker.jpg/113px-Secretary_Richard_Schweiker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Secretary_Richard_Schweiker.jpg/150px-Secretary_Richard_Schweiker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="787" data-file-height="1109" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Schweiker" title="Richard Schweiker">Richard S. Schweiker</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>January 22, 1981 </td> <td>February 3, 1983 </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">15</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mmheckler.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Mmheckler.JPG/75px-Mmheckler.JPG" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Mmheckler.JPG/113px-Mmheckler.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Mmheckler.JPG/150px-Mmheckler.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2188" data-file-height="2699" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Heckler" title="Margaret Heckler">Margaret M. Heckler</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>March 10, 1983 </td> <td>December 13, 1985 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">16</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Otis_R._Bowen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Otis_R._Bowen.jpg/75px-Otis_R._Bowen.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Otis_R._Bowen.jpg/113px-Otis_R._Bowen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Otis_R._Bowen.jpg/150px-Otis_R._Bowen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="559" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Otis_Bowen" title="Otis Bowen">Otis R. Bowen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> </td> <td>December 13, 1985 </td> <td>March 1, 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">17</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SullivanLouis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/SullivanLouis.jpg/75px-SullivanLouis.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/SullivanLouis.jpg/113px-SullivanLouis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/SullivanLouis.jpg/150px-SullivanLouis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="366" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_W._Sullivan" title="Louis W. Sullivan">Louis W. Sullivan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td>March 1, 1989 </td> <td>January 20, 1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">18</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shalala_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Shalala_portrait.jpg/75px-Shalala_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Shalala_portrait.jpg/113px-Shalala_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Shalala_portrait.jpg/150px-Shalala_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="1384" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donna_Shalala" title="Donna Shalala">Donna Shalala</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>January 22, 1993 </td> <td>January 20, 2001 </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">19</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tommy_Thompson_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tommy_Thompson_1.jpg/75px-Tommy_Thompson_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tommy_Thompson_1.jpg/113px-Tommy_Thompson_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tommy_Thompson_1.jpg/150px-Tommy_Thompson_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2992" data-file-height="3767" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Thompson" title="Tommy Thompson">Tommy G. Thompson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>February 2, 2001 </td> <td>January 26, 2005 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">20</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Leavitt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mike_Leavitt.jpg/75px-Mike_Leavitt.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mike_Leavitt.jpg/113px-Mike_Leavitt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mike_Leavitt.jpg/150px-Mike_Leavitt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Leavitt" title="Mike Leavitt">Michael O. Leavitt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> </td> <td>January 26, 2005 </td> <td>January 20, 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E6E6AA;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:black">–</span> </th> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnsonCharlesE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/JohnsonCharlesE.jpg/75px-JohnsonCharlesE.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/JohnsonCharlesE.jpg/113px-JohnsonCharlesE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/JohnsonCharlesE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="134" data-file-height="167" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Johnson_(government_official)" title="Charles E. Johnson (government official)">Charles E. Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">January 20, 2009 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">April 28, 2009 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">21</span> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kathleen_Sebelius_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Kathleen_Sebelius_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Kathleen_Sebelius_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1551" data-file-height="1966" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell" title="Sylvia Mathews Burwell">Sylvia Mathews Burwell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> </td> <td>June 9, 2014 </td> <td>January 20, 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E6E6AA;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:black">–</span> </th> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Norris_Cochran_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Norris_Cochran_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Norris_Cochran_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Norris_Cochran_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Norris_Cochran_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Norris_Cochran_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="134" data-file-height="181" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Norris_Cochran" title="Norris Cochran">Norris Cochran</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">January 20, 2017 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">February 10, 2017 </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #E81B23;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">23</span> </th> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Price_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tom_Price_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Tom_Price_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tom_Price_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Tom_Price_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tom_Price_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Tom_Price_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Price_(American_politician)" title="Tom Price (American politician)">Tom Price</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td>February 10, 2017 </td> <td>September 29, 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E6E6AA;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:black">–</span> </th> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Don_J._Wright_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Don_J._Wright_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Don_J._Wright_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Don_J._Wright_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Don_J._Wright_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Don_J._Wright_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="126" data-file-height="170" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Don_J._Wright" title="Don J. 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Wright</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">September 29, 2017 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">October 10, 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E6E6AA;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:black">–</span> </th> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_D._Hargan_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Eric_D._Hargan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Eric_D._Hargan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Eric_D._Hargan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Eric_D._Hargan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #3333FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">25</span> </th> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HHS_Xavier_Becerra_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-HHS_Xavier_Becerra_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1535" data-file-height="1919" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Becerra" title="Xavier Becerra">Xavier Becerra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td>March 19, 2021 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Line_of_succession">Line of succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Line of succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The line of succession for the secretary of health and human services is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services">Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services</a>.</li> <li>General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Administration</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_for_Planning_and_Evaluation" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation">Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation</a></li> <li>Administrator of the <a href="/wiki/Centers_for_Medicare_and_Medicaid_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services">Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Food_and_Drugs" title="Commissioner of Food and Drugs">Commissioner of Food and Drugs</a></li> <li>Director of the <a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" title="National Institutes of Health">National Institutes of Health</a></li> <li>Assistant Secretary for <a href="/wiki/Administration_for_Children_and_Families" title="Administration for Children and Families">Children and Families</a></li> <li>Other assistant secretaries (following in the order they took the oath of office) <ol><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Secretary_for_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Assistant Secretary for Health">Assistant Secretary for Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Assistant_Secretary_for_Preparedness_and_Response" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response">Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response</a></li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Legislation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Public_Affairs" title="Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs">Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs</a></li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for <a href="/wiki/Administration_on_Aging" title="Administration on Aging">Aging</a></li></ol></li> <li>Director of the <a href="/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention" title="Centers for Disease Control and Prevention">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a></li> <li>Director, Region 4 (<a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:1%">Secretaries of health,<br />education, and welfare</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oveta_Culp_Hobby" title="Oveta Culp Hobby">Hobby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_B._Folsom" title="Marion B. 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