United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits and related matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.

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[edit] Secretaries

No.	Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1	Edward J. Derwinski	March 15, 1989 - September 26, 1992	George H. W. Bush
	Anthony J. Principi (acting)	September 26, 1992 - January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
2	Jesse Brown	January 22, 1993 - July 3, 1997	Bill Clinton
	Herschel Gober (acting)	July 3, 1997 to May 5, 1998	Bill Clinton
3	Togo D. West, Jr.	May 5, 1998 - July 10, 2000	Bill Clinton
	Herschel Gober (acting)	July 10, 2000 - January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
4	Anthony J. Principi	January 23, 2001 - January 26, 2005	George W. Bush
5	James Nicholson	January 26, 2005 - present	George W. Bush

Leaders of the United States Federal Executive Departments
Agriculture • Commerce • Defense • Education • Energy • Health and Human Services • Homeland Security • Housing and Urban Development • Interior • Justice • Labor • State • Transportation • Treasury • Veterans Affairs (Past department leaders: Commerce and Labor • Health, Education, and Welfare • Navy • Post Office • War)

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