25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Incumbent
Assumed office March 19, 2021
President
Joe Biden
Deputy
Andrea Palm
Preceded by
Alex Azar
33rd Attorney General of California
In office January 24, 2017 – March 18, 2021
Governor
Jerry Brown Gavin Newsom
Preceded by
Kamala Harris
Succeeded by
Rob Bonta
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
In office January 3, 1993 – January 24, 2017
Preceded by
Edward Roybal (Redistricting)
Succeeded by
Jimmy Gomez
Constituency
30th district (1993–2003) 31st district (2003–2013) 34th district (2013–2017)
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017
Deputy
Joe Crowley
Leader
Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by
John Larson
Succeeded by
Joe Crowley
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
Leader
Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by
John Larson
Succeeded by
Joe Crowley
House Democratic Assistant to the Leader
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Leader
Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by
John Spratt
Succeeded by
Chris Van Hollen
Member of the California State Assembly from the 59th district
In office December 3, 1990 – December 3, 1992
Preceded by
Charles Calderon
Succeeded by
Dick Mountjoy
Personal details
Born
(1958-01-26) January 26, 1958 (age 66) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Carolina Reyes Becerra
Children
3
Education
Stanford University (BA, JD)
Occupation
Lawyer
politician
Xavier Becerra's voice
Xavier Becerra's opening statement before the U.S. Senate on the 2024 HHS budget Recorded March 22, 2023
Xavier Becerra (/hɑːviˈɛərbɪˈsɛrə/hah-vee-AIR beh-SEHR-ə; Latin American Spanish:[xaˈβjeɾβeˈsera]; born January 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 2021. He is the first Latino to hold this position in history.[1] Becerra previously served as the attorney general of California from January 2017 until March 2021. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Becerra was chairman of the House Democratic Caucus from 2013 to 2017.[2]
Born in Sacramento, California, Becerra graduated from Stanford University and received his Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School. He worked as a lawyer at the Legal Assistance Corporation of central Massachusetts, before returning to California in 1986 to work as an administrative assistant for state senator Art Torres. He served as a deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice from 1987 to 1990 before he was elected to the California State Assembly, where he served one term from 1990 to 1992.
Becerra was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1992. He represented California's 30th congressional district from 1993 to 2003, California's 31st congressional district from 2003 to 2013, and California's 34th congressional district from 2013 to 2017. He served as Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus from 1997 to 1999, Vice Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus from 2009 to 2013, and as a member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. He was elected Chairman of the U.S. House Democratic Caucus from 2013 to 2017.
^"Becerra points to Latino successes in his first year as HHS secretary". NBC News. March 18, 2022.
^"BECERRA, Xavier | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
XavierBecerra (/hɑːviˈɛər bɪˈsɛrə/ hah-vee-AIR beh-SEHR-ə; Latin American Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ βeˈsera]; born January 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and...
that he would be appointing Rob Bonta as attorney general to succeed XavierBecerra, who resigned from the position to become Secretary of Health and Human...
Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021. XavierBecerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services...
chaired the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus. After XavierBecerra resigned as attorney general to become Secretary of Health and Human...
(March 29, 2017). "34th District: Meet the candidates vying to replace XavierBecerra". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved April 11, 2022. "Alumni...
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consent of the United States Senate. The position is currently held by XavierBecerra. The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed...
Senate confirmed her nomination. She was sworn in by HHS Secretary XavierBecerra on May 12. Palm is married to Dan Utech, a former advisor in the United...
to a meeting by the Biden administration, during which HHS Secretary XavierBecerra and White House domestic policy chief Neera Tanden urged Witty and other...
on March 15, 2022. 15 days later Health and Human Services Secretary XavierBecerra announced that the agency will have access to the resources of the National...
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running for vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus after then-Chair XavierBecerra was term-limited. The position went to Representative Joe Crowley. The...
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the risks of mortgage-backed securities. California Attorney General XavierBecerra commented: "Morgan Stanley lied about the risk of its products and put...
election of Rep. XavierBecerra (D-California), who defeated Representative Marcy Kaptur of Ohio by a vote count of 175 to 67. Rep. Becerra likewise assumed...
consecutive years. In December 2019, the Attorney General of California, XavierBecerra announced an $800,000 settlement against Infosys and its BPM (business...
appointed Assemblywoman Shirley Weber. After the U.S. Senate confirmed XavierBecerra as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Newsom appointed Rob...
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