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