United States Secretary of Education
| United States Secretary of Education | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the Department of Education | |
 Flag of the secretary | |
| Department of Education | |
| Style | Mrs. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
| Reports to | President |
| Seat | Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | President with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | 20 U.S.C. § 3411 |
| Formation | November 30, 1979 |
| First holder | Shirley Hufstedler |
| Succession | Sixteenth[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, Level I |
| Website | ed.gov |
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. The United States Secretary of Education deals with Education.
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter established the Department of Education as a cabinet-level agency. Previously, Education had been handled by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, henceforth known as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Chronological list
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| No. | Portrait | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President | |
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Shirley Hufstedler | California | November 30, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) | |
| 2 | 
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Terrel Bell | Utah | January 22, 1981 | January 20, 1985 | Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) | |
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William Bennett | North Carolina | February 6, 1985 | September 20, 1988 | |||
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | 
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Lauro Cavazos | Texas | September 20, 1988 | December 12, 1990 | ||
| George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) | |||||||
| – | 
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Ted Sanders Acting |
Illinois | December 12, 1990 | March 22, 1991 | ||
| 5 | 
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Lamar Alexander | Tennessee | March 22, 1991 | January 20, 1993 | ||
| 6 | 
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Richard Riley | South Carolina | January 21, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton (1993–2001) | |
| 7 | 
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Rod Paige | Texas | January 20, 2001 | January 20, 2005 | George W. Bush (2001–2009) | |
| 8 | 
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Margaret Spellings | January 20, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | |||
| 9 | .jpg)
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Arne Duncan[3] | Illinois | January 21, 2009 | January 1, 2016 | Barack Obama (2009–2017) | |
| 10 | .jpg)
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John King Jr.[3] | New York | January 1, 2016 | March 14, 2016 | ||
| March 14, 2016 | January 20, 2017 | ||||||
| – | .jpg)
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Phil Rosenfelt Acting |
Virginia | January 20, 2017 | February 7, 2017 | Donald Trump (2017–2021) | |
| 11 | .jpg)
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Betsy DeVos | Michigan | February 7, 2017 | January 8, 2021 | ||
| – | .jpg)
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Mick Zais Acting |
South Carolina | January 8, 2021 | January 20, 2021 | ||
| – |
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Phil Rosenfelt Acting |
Virginia | January 20, 2021 | March 2, 2021 | Joe Biden (2021–2025) | |
| 12 | .jpg)
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Miguel Cardona | Connecticut | March 2, 2021 | January 20, 2025 | ||
| – | 
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Denise Carter Acting |
January 20, 2025 | present | Donald Trump (2025–present) | ||
| Nominee | 
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Linda McMahon | Connecticut | TBD | |||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act". Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ↑ "The Education Secretaries Miguel Cardona Would Follow". Education Writers Association. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eilperin, Juliet; Layton, Lyndsey; Brown, Emma (October 2, 2015). "U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 23, 2016.