United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Public Law 109-177 §.503</ref>). 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<ref name="usc">Template:Usc2. Accessed January 13, 2008.</ref> or any other person designated by the president serves as acting secretary<ref name="usc"/> 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

Template:Abbr	Secretary			Term of office			President(s)
	Portrait	Name	State of residence	Took office	Left office	Term length
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Ed derwinski.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	March 15, 1989	September 26, 1992	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1989–1993)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Anthony Principi.jpg	Template:SortnameTemplate:Ref label Template:Small	California	September 26, 1992	January 20, 1993	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Jesse brown va.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	January 22, 1993	July 13, 1997	Template:Ayd	rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1993–2001)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Gober sm.jpg	Template:SortnameTemplate:Ref label Template:Small	Arkansas	July 13, 1997	January 2, 1998	Template:Ayd
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:TogoDWest.jpg	Template:Sortname	District of Columbia	January 2, 1998Template:Ref label	May 4, 1998	Template:Ayd
May 4, 1998				July 25, 2000	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Gober sm.jpg	Template:SortnameTemplate:Ref label Template:Small	Arkansas	July 25, 2000	January 20, 2001	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Anthony Principi.jpg	Template:Sortname	California	January 23, 2001	January 26, 2005	Template:Ayd	rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2001–2009)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:JimNicholson.jpg	Template:Sortname	Colorado	January 26, 2005	October 1, 2007	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Gordon H. Mansfield.jpg	Template:SortnameTemplate:Ref label Template:Small	Florida	October 1, 2007	December 20, 2007	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:PeakeJames.jpg	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	Hawaii	January 20, 2009	May 30, 2014	Template:Ayd	rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2009–2017)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Sloan Gibson.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Alabama	May 30, 2014	July 30, 2014	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Robert A. McDonald Official Portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	Ohio	July 30, 2014	January 20, 2017	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Robert Snyder.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	West Virginia	January 20, 2017	February 14, 2017	Template:Ayd	rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2017–2021)
style="background: Template:Party shading/None;" |9	File:David Shulkin official photo (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname	Pennsylvania	February 14, 2017	March 28, 2018	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Robert L. Wilkie acting SECVA official photo (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	North Carolina	March 28, 2018	May 29, 2018	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Peter O'Rourke official photo (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Virginia	May 29, 2018	July 30, 2018	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Robert Wilkie official portrait (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname	North Carolina	July 30, 2018	January 20, 2021	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party shading/None;" |Template:Color	File:Acting US Secretary of VA Dat P Tran (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Ohio	January 20, 2021	February 9, 2021	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2021–2025)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Secretary McDonough, official photo (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname	Minnesota	February 9, 2021	January 20, 2025	Template:Ayd
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	framelss	Template:Sortname Template:Small		January 20, 2025	February 5, 2025	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2025–present)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	framelss	Template:Sortname	Georgia	February 5, 2025	Incumbent	Template:Ayd

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

Template:Note label 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.<ref name="vagober">Template:Cite press release</ref>

Template:Note label West served as Acting Secretary from January 2, 1998<ref name="WH">Template:Cite press release</ref> to May 4, 1998.<ref name="vawest">Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:Note label Gordon H. Mansfield served as Acting Secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs October 1 – December 20, 2007.<ref>UPI. Peake sworn in as VA secretary Template:Webarchive, December 20, 2007. Accessed December 21, 2007.</ref>

See also

• Administrator of Veterans Affairs
• Veterans Health Administration

External links

• Template:Official website

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