United States Secretary of Transportation
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| United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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 Seal of the Department | |
 Flag of the Secretary | |
| United States Department of Transportation | |
| 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 | 49 U.S.C. § 102 |
| Formation | October 15, 1966 |
| First holder | Alan Stephenson Boyd |
| Succession | Fourteenth[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Transportation |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, level I |
| Website | www |
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The current Secretary is Elaine Chao.
Secretaries of Transportation[change | change source]
| No. | Name | Term of Offices | President(s) served under |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Stephenson Boyd | January 16, 1967 – January 20, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 2 | John A. Volpe | January 22, 1969 – February 1, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
| 3 | Claude Brinegar | February 2, 1973 – February 1, 1975 | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| 4 | William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. | March 7, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford |
| 5 | Brock Adams | January 23, 1979 – July 20, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| 6 | Neil Goldschmidt | August 15, 1979 – January 20, 1981 | |
| 7 | Drew Lewis | January 23, 1981 – February 1, 1983 | Ronald Reagan |
| 8 | Elizabeth Dole | February 7, 1983 – September 30, 1987 | |
| 9 | James H. Burnley IV | December 2, 1987 – January 30, 1989 | |
| 10 | Samuel K. Skinner | February 6, 1989 – December 13, 1991 | George H. W. Bush |
| 11 | Andrew Card | February 24, 1992 – January 20, 1993 | |
| 12 | Federico Peña | January 21, 1993 – February 14, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
| 13 | Rodney E. Slater | February 14, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | |
| 14 | Norman Mineta | January 25, 2001 – July 7, 2006 | George W. Bush |
| 15 | Mary E. Peters | October 17, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | |
| 16 | Ray LaHood | January 23, 2009 – July 2, 2013 | Barack Obama |
| 17 | Anthony Foxx | July 2, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | |
| 18 | Elaine Chao | January 31, 2017 – January 11, 2021 | Donald Trump |