Xavier Becerra

Xavier Becerra
25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Incumbent
Assumed office March 19, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	Andrea Palm
Preceded by	Alex Azar
33rd Attorney General of California
In office January 24, 2017 – March 18, 2021
Governor	Jerry Brown Gavin Newsom
Preceded by	Kamala Harris
Succeeded by	Rob Bonta
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
In office January 3, 1993 – January 24, 2017
Preceded by	Edward Roybal (Redistricting)
Succeeded by	Jimmy Gomez
Constituency	30th district (1993–2003) 31st district (2003–2013) 34th district (2013–2017)
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017
Leader	Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by	John Larson
Succeeded by	Joe Crowley
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
Leader	Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by	John Larson
Succeeded by	Joe Crowley
House Democratic Assistant to the Leader
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Leader	Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by	John Spratt
Succeeded by	Chris Van Hollen
Member of the California State Assembly from the 59th district
In office 1990–1992
Preceded by	Charles Calderon
Succeeded by	Dick Mountjoy
Personal details
Born	(1958-01-26) January 26, 1958 Sacramento, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Carolina Reyes
Children	3
Education	Stanford University (BA, JD)
Website	Government website

Xavier Becerra (/hɑːviˈɛər bɪˈsɛrə/ hah-vee-AIR; born January 26, 1958) is an American politician. Becerra is the 25th and current United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2021 during the Joe Biden administration. He was the Attorney General of California from 2017 until 2021.

He previously served in the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district. He had represented Downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. Becerra, a member of the Democratic Party, was Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

He was chosen to become Attorney General of California after Kamala Harris was elected to the United States Senate. He is the first Latino to serve as Attorney General of California.

On December 6, 2020 then President-elect Joe Biden nominated Becerra to be the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. His nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 18, 2021 with a narrow 50-49 vote.

Other websites

Media related to Xavier Becerra at Wikimedia Commons

• California Department of Justice official website of the Attorney General
• Xavier Becerra at the Open Directory Project
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Appearances at the Internet Movie Database
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Works by or about Xavier Becerra in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Profile at Notable Names Database
• Profile at Ballotpedia