United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Cabinet position / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department in charge of taking care of the affairs of war veterans. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and second to last at 17th in the line of succession to the presidency (the position was last until the United States Department of Homeland Security was added in 2006[2]). To date, all appointees and acting appointees to the post have been United States military veterans, but that is not a requirement to fill the position.
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs | |
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs | |
Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | President of the United States |
Seat | Washington, D.C. |
Appointer | The President 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 | Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Salary | Executive Schedule, level I |
Website | VA.gov |
When the position of Secretary is vacant, the United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs[3] or another person picked by the President serves as Acting Secretary[3] until the President picks and the United States Senate confirms a new Secretary.