United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Official Seal
Incumbent Julian Castro since July 28, 2014
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. Julian Castro 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

No.	Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1	Robert Clifton Weaver	18 January 1966 – 18 December 1968	Lyndon Johnson
2	Robert Coldwell Wood	7 January 1969 – 20 January 1969
3	George Romney	22 January 1969 – 20 January 1973	Richard Nixon
4	James Thomas Lynn	2 February 1973 – 5 February 1975	Richard Nixon
			Gerald Ford
5	Carla Anderson Hills	10 March 1975 – 20 January 1977	Gerald Ford
6	Patricia Roberts Harris	23 January 1977 – 10 September 1979	Jimmy Carter
7	Maurice Edwin Landrieu	24 September 1979 – 20 January 1981
8	Samuel Riley Pierce	23 January 1981 – 20 January 1989	Ronald Reagan
Acting	J. Michael Dorsey	20 January 1989 – 13 February 1989	George H. W. Bush
9	Jack French Kemp	13 February 1989 – 19 January 1993
10	Henry Gabriel Cisneros	22 January 1993 – 19 January 1997	Bill Clinton
11	Andrew Mark Cuomo	29 January 1997 – 20 January 2001
Acting	William C. Apgar	20 January 2001 – 24 January 2001	George W. Bush
12	Melquíades Rafael Martinez	24 January 2001 – 12 December 2003
Acting	Alphonso Roy Jackson	12 December 2003 – 1 April 2004
13		1 April 2004 – 18 April 2008
Acting	Roy A. Bernardi	18 April 2008 – 4 June 2008
14	Steven C. Preston	4 June 2008 – 20 January 2009
Acting	Brian D. Montgomery	20 January 2009 – 26 January 2009	Barack Obama
15	Shaun Donovan	26 January 2009 – 28 July 2014
16	Julian Castro	28 July 2014 - present