United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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Template:Infobox official post The United States secretary of veterans affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits, health care, and national veterans' memorials and cemeteries. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet and second to last at seventeenth[1] in the line of succession to the presidency (the position was last until the addition of the United States Department of Homeland Security in 2006[2]). Until the appointment of David Shulkin in 2017, all appointees and acting appointees to the post were United States military veterans, but that is not a requirement to fill the position.

When the post of secretary is vacant, the deputy secretary[3] or any other person designated by the president serves as acting secretary[3] until the president nominates and the United States Senate confirms a new secretary.

List of secretaries of veterans affairs

Parties

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Status
  Acting secretary of veterans affairs
No. Secretary Term of office President(s)
Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office Term length
1 File:Ed derwinski.jpg Ed Derwinski Illinois March 15, 1989 September 26, 1992 Template:Ayd George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
– File:Anthony Principi.jpg Anthony Principi[1]
Acting 		California September 26, 1992 January 20, 1993 Template:Ayd
2 File:Jesse brown va.jpg Jesse Brown Illinois January 22, 1993 July 13, 1997 Template:Ayd Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
– File:Gober sm.jpg Hershel W. Gober[2]
Acting 		Arkansas July 13, 1997 January 2, 1998 Template:Ayd
3 File:TogoDWest.jpg Togo D. West Jr. District of Columbia January 2, 1998[3] May 4, 1998 Template:Ayd
May 4, 1998 July 25, 2000 Template:Ayd
– File:Gober sm.jpg Hershel W. Gober[2]
Acting 		Arkansas July 25, 2000 January 20, 2001 Template:Ayd
4 File:Anthony Principi.jpg Anthony Principi California January 23, 2001 January 26, 2005 Template:Ayd George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
5 File:JimNicholson.jpg Jim Nicholson Colorado January 26, 2005 October 1, 2007 Template:Ayd
– File:Gordon H. Mansfield.jpg Gordon H. Mansfield[4]
Acting 		Florida October 1, 2007 December 20, 2007 Template:Ayd
6 File:PeakeJames.jpg James Peake District of Columbia December 20, 2007 January 20, 2009 Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party shading/None;" |7 File:Eric Shinseki official Veterans Affairs portrait.jpg Eric Shinseki Hawaii January 20, 2009 May 30, 2014 Template:Ayd Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
– File:Sloan Gibson.jpg Sloan D. Gibson
Acting 		Alabama May 30, 2014 July 30, 2014 Template:Ayd
8 File:Robert A. McDonald Official Portrait.jpg Bob McDonald Ohio July 30, 2014 January 20, 2017 Template:Ayd
– File:Robert Snyder.jpg Robert Snyder
Acting 		West Virginia January 20, 2017 February 14, 2017 Template:Ayd Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
style="background: Template:Party shading/None;" |9 File:David Shulkin official photo (cropped).jpg David Shulkin Pennsylvania February 14, 2017 March 28, 2018 Template:Ayd
– File:Robert L. Wilkie acting SECVA official photo (cropped).jpg Robert Wilkie
Acting 		North Carolina March 28, 2018 May 29, 2018 Template:Ayd
– File:Peter O'Rourke official photo (cropped).jpg Peter O'Rourke
Acting 		Virginia May 29, 2018 July 30, 2018 Template:Ayd
10 File:Robert Wilkie official portrait (cropped).jpg Robert Wilkie North Carolina July 30, 2018 January 20, 2021 Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party shading/None;" |– File:Acting US Secretary of VA Dat P Tran (cropped).jpg Dat Tran
Acting 		Ohio January 20, 2021 February 9, 2021 Template:Ayd Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
11 File:Secretary McDonough, official photo (cropped).jpg Denis McDonough Minnesota February 9, 2021 January 20, 2025 Template:Ayd
– framelss Todd B. Hunter
Acting 		January 20, 2025 February 5, 2025 Template:Ayd Donald Trump
(2025–present)
12 framelss Doug Collins Georgia February 5, 2025 Incumbent Template:Ayd

1 Anthony Principi served as Acting Secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs September 26, 1992 – January 20, 1993.

2 Hershel W. Gober served as Acting Secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs July 13, 1997 – January 2, 1998 and July 25, 2000 – January 20, 2001.[4]

3 West served as Acting Secretary from January 2, 1998[5] to May 4, 1998.[6]

4 Gordon H. Mansfield served as Acting Secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs October 1 – December 20, 2007.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Order of presidential succession | USAGov". www.usa.gov. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  2. ↑ Public Law 109-177 §.503
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Template:Usc2. Accessed January 13, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Gober Takes Over Top Spot at VA" (Press release). Department of Veterans Affairs. July 25, 2000. Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  5. ↑ "President Clinton Names Togo D. West Jr. As Acting Secretary Of The Department Of Veterans' Affairs" (Press release). White House. December 2, 1997. Archived from the original on October 5, 2006. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  6. ↑ Staff (May 1999). "The Honorable Togo D. West Jr". United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  7. ↑ UPI. Peake sworn in as VA secretary Archived February 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, December 20, 2007. Accessed December 21, 2007.
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Preceded byas Secretary of Education Order of precedence of the United States
as Secretary of Veterans Affairs 		Succeeded byas Secretary of Homeland Security
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