United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs information
U.S. Cabinet position
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Seal of the department
Flag of the secretary
Incumbent Denis McDonough since February 9, 2021
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Style
Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Member of
United States Cabinet
Reports to
President of the United States
Seat
Washington, D.C.
Appointer
The President of the United States with Senate advice and consent
Term length
No fixed term
Constituting instrument
38 U.S.C. § 303
Formation
March 15, 1989
First holder
Ed Derwinski
Succession
Seventeenth[1]
Deputy
United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Salary
Executive Schedule, level I
Website
VA.gov
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]). Until the appointment of 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 deputy secretary[3] or any other person designated by the president serves as acting secretary[3] until the president nominates and the United States Senate confirms a new secretary.
Denis McDonough is currently serving as the 11th secretary of veterans affairs since February 9, 2021 under President Joe Biden.
^"3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act".
^Public Law 109-177 §.503
^ ab38 U.S.C. § 304: Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Accessed January 13, 2008.
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