Sarah Palin
Secretary of Homeland Security
The Secretary of Homeland Security is the last in line. The ranking is made in the historical order of the establishment of the Cabinet positions.
After the Secretary of Homeland Security, the next in line for the presidency is the Attorney General. If the Attorney General is unable to assume the presidency, the line of succession continues with the Secretary of State, followed by other cabinet secretaries in the order that their departments were created.
As of 1/10/11 Janet Napolitano- Secretary of Homeland Security
The Secretary of Homeland Security
She is the Secretary of Homeland Security and was named to that position by the President.
Janet Napolitano is the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
President vice president speaker of the house pro tempore of the senate secretary of the state secretary of the defense attorney general secretary of the interior secretary of agriculture secretary of commerce secretary of labor secretary of health & human services secretary of housing and urban development secretary of of transportation secretary of energy secretary of education secretary of veterans affairs secretary of homeland security
homeland security, in 2002
The last cabinet officer in line of succession for the presidency is the Secretary of Homeland Security. The second to last cabinet officer in line is Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
There is none; the Secretary of Homeland Security is last (18th) in the presidential line of succession. As of now, the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor are not natural-born citizens of the United States, and therefore would be ineligible to succeed the presidency. That would move the Secretary of Homeland Security to 16th in line. The power returns to the people of the United States.. usPresidential Succession Act of 1947(As Amended)US Code as of: 01/23/00The line of succession is currently:1. Vice President2. Speaker of the House3. President Pro Tempore of the Senate4. Secretary of State5. Secretary of the Treasury6. Secretary of Defense7. Attorney General8. Secretary of the Interior9. Secretary of Agriculture10. Secretary of Commerce11. Secretary of Labor12. Secretary of Health and Human Services13. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development14. Secretary of Transportation15. Secretary of Energy16. Secretary of Education17. Secretary of Veterans Affairs18. Secretary of Homeland Security
If the secretary of homeland security dies they will get another. If the sectary of homeland security dies while he/she is being used on the United States presidential line of succession they will have already of gotten new people to fill in for the other dead most likely. if not they will find some one of high status in the government .