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.
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
Thomas George Thompson
February 2, 2001 - present
George W. Bush