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United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
Until 1979, there was one Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, uniting this department with the Department of Education, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Education.
Secretaries of Health and Human Services
| Name |
Term of Office |
President(s) served under |
| Patricia Roberts Harris |
August 3, 1979 - January 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
| Richard Schultz Schweiker |
January 22, 1981 - February 3, 1983 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler |
March 9, 1983 - December 13, 1985 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Otis Raymond Bowen |
December 13, 1985 - January 20, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Louis Wade Sullivan |
March 1, 1989 - January 20, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
| Donna Edna Shalala |
January 22, 1993 - January 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
| Tommy George Thompson |
February 2, 2001 - present |
George W. Bush |
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