No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Appointed by |
1 |
|
Joseph J. Kinyoun |
August 1887 - April 30, 1899 |
John B. Hamilton |
2 |
|
Milton J. Rosenau |
May 1, 1899 - September 30, 1909 |
Walter Wyman |
3 |
|
John F. Anderson |
October 1, 1909 - November 19, 1915 |
Walter Wyman |
4 |
|
George W. McCoy |
November 20, 1915 - January 31, 1937 |
Rupert Blue |
5 |
|
Lewis Ryers Thompson |
February 1, 1937 - January 31, 1942 |
Thomas Parran |
6 |
|
Rolla Dyer |
February 1, 1942 - September 30, 1950 |
Thomas Parran |
7 |
|
William H. Sebrell Jr. |
October 1, 1950 - July 31, 1955 |
Leonard A. Scheele |
8 |
|
James A. Shannon |
August 1, 1955 - August 31, 1968 |
Leonard A. Scheele |
9 |
|
Robert Q. Marston |
September 1, 1968 - January 21, 1973 |
Wilbur J. Cohen |
– |
|
John F. Sherman |
January 21, 1973 - May 28, 1973 |
Elliot L. Richardson |
10 |
|
Robert Stone |
May 29, 1973 - January 31, 1975 |
Richard Nixon |
– |
|
Ronald W. Lamont-Havers |
February 1, 1975 - June 30, 1975 |
Caspar Weinberger |
11 |
|
Donald S. Fredrickson |
July 1, 1975 - June 30, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
– |
|
Thomas E. Malone |
July 1, 1981 - April 28, 1982 |
Richard S. Schweiker |
12 |
|
James Wyngaarden |
April 29, 1982 - July 31, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
– |
|
William F. Raub |
August 1, 1989 - April 8, 1991 |
Louis Wade Sullivan |
13 |
|
Bernadine Healy |
April 8, 1991 - June 30, 1993 |
George H.W. Bush |
– |
|
Ruth L. Kirschstein |
July 1, 1993 - November 22, 1993 |
Donna Shalala |
14 |
|
Harold E. Varmus |
November 23, 1993 - December 31, 1999 |
Bill Clinton |
– |
|
Ruth L. Kirschstein |
January 1, 2000 - May 2, 2002 |
Donna Shalala |
15 |
|
Elias Zerhouni |
May 3, 2002 - October 31, 2008 |
George W. Bush |
– |
|
Raynard S. Kington |
November 1, 2008 - August 16, 2009 |
Michael O. Leavitt |
16 |
|
Francis Collins |
August 17, 2009 - December 19, 2021 |
Barack Obama |
– |
|
Lawrence A. Tabak |
December 20, 2021 - November 8, 2023 |
Xavier Becerra |
17 |
|
Monica Bertagnolli |
November 9, 2023 – Present |
Joe Biden |