United States Secretary of Homeland Security

United States; Secretary of Homeland Security
	; Official Seal
	Incumbent; Janet Napolitano; since January 21, 2009
Formation	January 24, 2003
Succession	Eighteenth
Website	www.dhs.gov

The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The position was created following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

List of Secretaries of Homeland Security [change]

No.	Name	State of residence	Took office	Left office	President(s) served under
1	Tom Ridge	Pennsylvania	January 24, 2003	February 1, 2005	George W. Bush
	James M. Loy	Pennsylvania	February 2, 2005	February 15, 2005
2	Michael Chertoff	New Jersey	February 15, 2005	January 21, 2009
3	Janet Napolitano	Arizona	January 21, 2009	present	Barack Obama