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Washington, D.C. 20201
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Established: 1953
Activated:May 4, 1980
Secretary:Michael O. Leavitt
Deputy Secretary:Alex Azar
Surgeon General:Richard Carmona
Budget:Discretionary: $67.2 billion (2006)
Mandatory: $573.5 billion (2006)
Employees:67, 000 (2004)
Address:200 Independence Avenue, S.W.

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.

Chronological list

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 Heckler March 9, 1983 - December 13, 1985 Ronald Reagan
Otis R. 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 - January 26, 2005 George W. Bush
Michael Orkerlund Leavitt January 26, 2005 – present George W. Bush

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