United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

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The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, concerned with urban housing matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.

On January 13, 1966, Robert C. Weaver became the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed to the position.

[edit] Chronological list

No.	Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1	Robert Clifton Weaver	January 18, 1966 - December 18, 1968	Lyndon Johnson
2	Robert Coldwell Wood †	January 7, 1969 - January 20, 1969	Lyndon Johnson
3	George Wilcken Romney	January 22, 1969 - January 20, 1973	Richard Nixon
4	James Thomas Lynn	February 2, 1973 - February 5, 1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
5	Carla Anderson Hills	March 10, 1975 - January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
6	Patricia Roberts Harris	January 23, 1977 - September 10, 1979	Jimmy Carter
7	Maurice Edwin Landrieu	September 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
8	Samuel Riley Pierce	January 23, 1981 - January 20, 1989	Ronald Reagan
9	Jack French Kemp	February 13, 1989 - January 19, 1993	George H. W. Bush
10	Henry Gabriel Cisneros	January 22, 1993 - January 19, 1997	Bill Clinton
11	Andrew Mark Cuomo	January 29, 1997 - January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
12	Melquiades Rafael Martinez	January 24, 2001 - December 12, 2003	George W. Bush
13	Alphonso Roy Jackson	March 31, 2004 - present	George W. Bush

†Robert C. Wood, Under Secretary under Weaver, served between Weaver and Romney with a recess appointment from President Johnson, who sent his nomination to the Senate. It was never acted on, and, therefore, he was never sworn in as Secretary.

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