Secretary of Health and Human Services
This appointed office leads the Health and Human Services executive department.
- Current holder
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
- How selected
- Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation
- Regular electoral term
- No fixed electoral term
- Next regular election
- Not applicable to this appointed office
Where does this office fit?
The department is part of the executive branch and administers programs within its legal responsibilities. Its head directs the department, subject to law, oversight, and judicial review.
Holding this office does not give its holder the powers of Congress or the courts.
Office and person are separate
Read Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s profile → for career context, appointment evidence, and selected records. Service dates remain unverified where the research has not established them.
Sources you can check
- The Cabinet · White HouseSection: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.Research used an official indexed excerpt; full page text was not archived.
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesSection: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.Research used an official indexed excerpt; full page text was not archived.
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