United States Secretary of Education

United States Secretary of Education
Official Seal
Incumbent: Arne Duncan since: January 21, 2009
First	Shirley Hufstedler
Formation	November 30, 1979
Presidential succession	Sixteenth
Website	www.ed.gov

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession. The United States Secretary of Education deals with Education policy.

The Secretary is advised by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, an advisory committee, on "matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education."^[1]

The current Secretary of Education is Arne Duncan.

List of Secretaries of Education

No.	Name	Portrait	State of residence	Took office	Left office	President(s) served under
1	Shirley Hufstedler		California	November 30, 1979	January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
2	Terrel Bell		Utah	January 22, 1981	January 20, 1985	Ronald Reagan
3	William J. Bennett		New York	February 6, 1985	1988
4	Lauro Cavazos		Texas	September 20, 1988	December 12, 1990	Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
5	Lamar Alexander		Tennessee	March 22, 1991	January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
6	Richard Riley		South Carolina	January 21, 1993	January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
7	Roderick Paige		Texas	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2005	George W. Bush
8	Margaret Spellings		Texas	January 20, 2005	January 20, 2009
9	Arne Duncan		Illinois	January 21, 2009	present	Barack Obama

Living Former Secretaries of Education

• Shirley Hufstedler
• William J. Bennett
• Lauro Cavazos
• Lamar Alexander
• Richard Riley
• Roderick Paige
• Margaret Spellings

References

External links

• "ED Staff Organization: Management Offices". U.S. Department of Education. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/or/index.html. Retrieved April 11, 2007.  - Includes the Secretary of Education

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