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Encyclopedia > 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 is a member of the President's Cabinet.


Until 1979, there was one Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, uniting this department with the Department of Education, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Education.

Secretaries of Health and Human Services
Name Term of Office President(s) served under
Patricia Roberts Harris August 3, 1979 - January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
Richard Schultz Schweiker January 22, 1981 - February 3, 1983 Ronald Reagan
Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler March 9, 1983 - December 13, 1985 Ronald Reagan
Otis Ray Bowen December 13, 1985 - January 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan
Louis Wade Sullivan March 1, 1989 - January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
Donna Edna Shalala January 22, 1993 - January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton
Tommy George Thompson February 2, 2001 - January 26, 2005 George W. Bush
Michael Orkerlund Leavitt January 26, 2005 - present George W. Bush

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United States Secretary of Education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (113 words)
The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education.
The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession.
Until 1979, there was one Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, uniting this department with the Department of Health and Human Services, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Secretary of Health and Human Services - definition of Secretary of Health and Human Services in Encyclopedia (109 words)
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.
Until 1979, there was one Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, uniting this department with the Department of Education, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Education.
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