United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Official Seal
Incumbent Ben Carson since March w, 2017
Formation	September 9, 1965
First holder	Robert C. Weaver
Succession	Fifteenth
Website	www.hud.gov

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

Parties

      Democratic (8)       Republican (9)

Status

     Denotes acting Secretary

No.	Portrait	Name	State of Residence	Took Office	Left Office	President(s)
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
–		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