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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 sixteenth 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] 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 United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs [3] [3] United States Senate confirms a new Secretary.
Dat Tran is the current Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs since January 20, 2021. President Joe Biden has nominated former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough as the 11th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
List of Secretaries of Veterans Affairs
Parties
No party 2 )
Democratic 3 )
Republican 6 )
Status
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
No.
Secretary
Term of office
President(s )
Portrait
Name
State of residence
Took office
Left office
Term length
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Ed Derwinski
Illinois
March 15, 1989
September 26, 1992
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George H. W. Bush
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Anthony Principi [1 ] Acting
California
September 26, 1992
January 20, 1993
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Jesse Brown
Illinois
January 22, 1993
July 13, 1997
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Bill Clinton
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Hershel W. Gober [2 ] Acting
Arkansas
July 13, 1997
January 2, 1998
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Togo D. West Jr.
District of Columbia
January 2, 1998[3 ]
May 4, 1998
May 4, 1998
July 25, 2000
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Hershel W. Gober [2 ] Acting
Arkansas
July 25, 2000
January 20, 2001
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Anthony Principi
California
January 23, 2001
January 26, 2005
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George W. Bush
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Jim Nicholson
Colorado
January 26, 2005
October 1, 2007
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Gordon H. Mansfield [4 ] Acting
Florida
October 1, 2007
December 20, 2007
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James Peake
District of Columbia
December 20, 2007
January 20, 2009
7 Eric Shinseki
Hawaii
January 20, 2009
May 30, 2014
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Barack Obama
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Sloan D. Gibson Acting
Alabama
May 30, 2014
July 30, 2014
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Bob McDonald
Ohio
July 30, 2014
January 20, 2017
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Robert Snyder Acting
West Virginia
January 20, 2017
February 14, 2017
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Donald Trump
9 David Shulkin
Pennsylvania
February 14, 2017
March 28, 2018
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Robert Wilkie Acting
North Carolina
March 28, 2018
May 29, 2018
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Peter O'Rourke Acting
Virginia
May 29, 2018
July 30, 2018
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Robert Wilkie
North Carolina
July 30, 2018
January 20, 2021
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Dat Tran Acting
Ohio
January 20, 2021
Incumbent
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Joe Biden
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Denis McDonough
Minnesota
Nominee
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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 [5] [6]
4 Gordon H. Mansfield served as Acting Secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs October 1 – December 20, 2007.[7]
Living former Secretaries of Veterans Affairs
As of July 2024, there are seven living former Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (with all Secretaries that have served since 2001 still living), the oldest being Jim Nicholson (served 2005–2007, born 1938). The most recent Secretary of Veterans Affairs to die, as well as the recently serving Secretary to die, was Togo D. West Jr. (served 1998–2000, born 1942), on March 8, 2018.
See also
References
^ a b 38 U.S.C. § 304 Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs . Accessed January 13, 2008.
^ "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 .
^ "President Clinton Names Togo D. West Jr. As Acting Secretary Of The Department Of Veterans' Affairs" (Press release). White House. December 2, 1997. Retrieved September 9, 2009 .
^ 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 .
^ 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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