United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
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| United States Secretary of Health and Human Services |
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| Formation | August 3, 1979 |
| Succession | Twelfth |
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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.
Chronological list[change]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Took Office | Left Office | President served under | Notable for |
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| 1 | Patricia Roberts Harris | N/A | August 3 1979 | January 20 1981 | Jimmy Carter | The first Secretary of Health and Human Services and first African-American woman to hold a cabinet position |
| 2 | Richard Schultz Schweiker |  |
January 22 1981 | February 3 1983 | Ronald Reagan | |
| 3 | Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler |  |
March 9 1983 | December 13 1985 | ||
| 4 | Otis Ray Bowen |  |
December 13 1985 | January 20 1989 | The first physician to become Secretary of Health and Human Services | |
| 5 | Louis Wade Sullivan | March 1 1989 | January 20 1993 | George H. W. Bush | ||
| 6 | Donna Edna Shalala |  |
January 22 1993 | January 20 2001 | Bill Clinton | |
| 7 | Tommy George Thompson |  |
February 2 2001 | January 26 2005 | George W. Bush | The first Secretary of Health and Human Services since the beginning of the War on Terrorism |
| 8 | Michael Okerlund Leavitt |  |
January 26 2005 | January 20 2009 | ||
| 9 | Kathleen Sebelius |  |
April 28 2009 | present | Barack Obama |
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