U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) | Secretaries, Administration, & Facts

Oveta Culp Hobby Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower April 11, 1953–July 31, 1955 Marion B. Folsom Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower August 1, 1955–July 31, 1958 Arthur S. Flemming Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower August 1, 1958–January 1, 1961 Abraham A. Ribicoff Pres. John F. Kennedy January 20, 1961–July 13, 1962 Anthony J. Celebrezze Pres. John F. Kennedy; Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson July 31, 1962–August 17, 1965 John W. Gardner Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson August 18, 1965–February 29, 1968 Wilbur J. Cohen Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson May 9, 1968–January 19, 1969 Robert H. Finch Pres. Richard Nixon January 22, 1969–June 24, 1970 Elliot L. Richardson Pres. Richard Nixon June 24, 1970–January 29, 1973 Caspar W. Weinberger Pres. Richard Nixon; Pres. Gerald Ford February 12, 1973–August 10, 1975 Forrest David Mathews Pres. Gerald Ford August 8, 1975–January 20, 1977 Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Pres. Jimmy Carter January 26, 1977–July 19, 1979 Patricia Roberts Harris* Pres. Jimmy Carter July 27, 1979–January 19, 1981 Richard S. Schweiker Pres. Ronald Reagan January 22, 1981–February 3, 1983 Margaret M. Heckler Pres. Ronald Reagan March 9, 1983–December 12, 1985 Otis R. Bowen Pres. Ronald Reagan December 13, 1985–January 20, 1989 Louis Sullivan Pres. George H.W. Bush March 1, 1989–January 20, 1993 Donna Shalala Pres. Bill Clinton January 22, 1993–January 19, 2001 Tommy G. Thompson Pres. George W. Bush February 2, 2001–January 25, 2005 Mike Leavitt Pres. George W. Bush January 26, 2005–January 20, 2009 Kathleen Sebelius Pres. Barack Obama April 28, 2009–June 2, 2014 Sylvia Burwell Pres. Barack Obama June 9, 2014–January 20, 2017 Tom Price Pres. Donald Trump February 10, 2017–September 29, 2017 Alex Azar Pres. Donald Trump January 29, 2018–January 20, 2021 Xavier Becerra Pres. Joe Biden March 19, 2021–January 20, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Pres. Donald Trump February 13, 2025– *Department of Health, Education, and Welfare reorganized into the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education.