American attorney, businessman, lobbyist and pharmaceutical executive (born 1967)
Alex Azar
Official portrait, 2019
24th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office January 29, 2018 – January 20, 2021
President
Donald Trump
Deputy
Eric Hargan
Preceded by
Tom Price
Succeeded by
Xavier Becerra
1st Chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force
In office January 29, 2020 – February 26, 2020
President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Mike Pence
United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office January 22, 2005 – February 4, 2007
President
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Claude Allen
Succeeded by
Tevi Troy
General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
In office August 8, 2001 – January 22, 2005
President
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Harriet S. Rabb
Succeeded by
Daniel Meron
Personal details
Born
Alex Michael Azar II
(1967-06-17) June 17, 1967 (age 56) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Jennifer Reist[1]
Children
2
Education
Dartmouth College (BA) Yale University (JD)
Occupation
Politician
attorney
businessman
lobbyist
former pharmaceutical executive
Alex Michael Azar II (/ˈeɪzɑːr/; born June 17, 1967) is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his post by President Donald Trump on November 13, 2017, and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 2018. He was also chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from its inception in January 2020 to February 2020, when he was replaced by Vice President Mike Pence.
In 2021, he was appointed a senior executive in residence at the Miami Herbert Business School at the University of Miami.[2][3]
From 2012 to 2017, Azar was president of the U.S. division of Eli Lilly and Company, a major drug company, and a member of the board of directors of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, a large pharmaceutical trade association.
Azar served as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) from 2001 to 2005. On July 22, 2005, he was confirmed as the deputy secretary of Health and Human Services; he served in that capacity until his January 2007 resignation.
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