United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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| United States Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
| Style | Mr. Secretary |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | The President |
| Seat | Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | The President
with Senate advice and consent
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| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | 42 U.S.C. § 3532 |
| Formation | September 9, 1965 |
| First holder | Robert C. Weaver |
| Succession | Thirteenth[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, level 1 |
| Website | www |
The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, concerned with urban housing matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. Ben Carson is currently serving as Secretary.
On January 13, 1966, Robert C. Weaver became the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed to the position.
Chronological list[change | change source]
- Parties
Democratic (8) Republican (9)
- Status
Denotes acting Secretary
| No. | Portrait | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | |
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| 1 |  |
Robert C. Weaver | New York | January 18, 1966 | December 18, 1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| 2 |  |
Robert C. Wood | Massachusetts | January 7, 1969 | January 20, 1969 | ||
| 3 |  |
George W. Romney | Michigan | January 22, 1969 | January 20, 1973 | Richard Nixon | |
| 4 |  |
James T. Lynn | Ohio | February 2, 1973 | February 5, 1975 | ||
| Gerald Ford | |||||||
| 5 |  |
Carla A. Hills | California | March 10, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | ||
| 6 |  |
Patricia R. Harris | District of Columbia | January 23, 1977 | September 10, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | |
| 7 |  |
Maurice E. Landrieu | Louisiana | September 24, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | ||
| 8 |  |
Samuel R. Pierce | New York | January 23, 1981 | January 20, 1989 | Ronald Reagan | |
| – |  |
J. Michael Dorsey Acting |
January 20, 1989 | February 13, 1989 | George H. W. Bush | ||
| 9 |  |
Jack F. Kemp | New York | February 13, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | ||
| 10 |  |
Henry G. Cisneros | Texas | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 1997 | Bill Clinton | |
| 11 |  |
Andrew M. Cuomo | New York | January 29, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | ||
| – | |
William C. Apgar Acting |
January 20, 2001 | January 24, 2001 | George W. Bush | ||
| 12 |  |
Mel Martinez | Florida | January 24, 2001 | December 12, 2003 | ||
| 13 |  |
Alphonso Jackson | Texas | December 12, 2003 | April 1, 2004 | ||
| April 1, 2004 | April 18, 2008 | ||||||
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Roy A. Bernardi Acting |
New York | April 18, 2008 | June 4, 2008 | ||
| 14 |  |
Steve Preston | Illinois | June 4, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | ||
| – |  |
Brian D. Montgomery Acting |
January 20, 2009 | January 26, 2009 | Barack Obama | ||
| 15 |  |
Shaun Donovan | New York | January 26, 2009 | July 28, 2014 | ||
| 16 |  |
Julian Castro | Texas | July 28, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | ||
| – |  |
Craig Clemmensen Acting |
January 20, 2017 | March 2, 2017 | Donald Trump | ||
| 17 |  |
Ben Carson | Florida | March 2, 2017 | Present | ||
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| Order of Precedence of the United States of America | ||
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| Preceded by Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Order of Precedence of the United States as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
Succeeded by Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation |
| United States presidential line of succession | ||
| Preceded by Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price |
13th in line | Succeeded by Secretary of Energy Rick Perry |
