In 1990, Dr. Antonia Coello Novello was appointed by President George H.W. Bush as the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as Surgeon General. She was the sister-in-law of Don Novello, who appeared as Father Guido Sarducci on "Saturday Night Live." She served as Surgeon General until mid-1993.
Albert Gallatin
former first lady Hillary Clinton
Judah Benjamin. A former US Senator, Confederate Attorney Genaral, Secretary of War and Secretary of State.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, former NY Senator, wife of Bill Clinton.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the Confederation Congress created the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1780 and appointed Robert R. Livingston as the first Secretary of Foreign Affairs.When the United States switched from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution in March 1789, the Department of Foreign Affairs automatically dissolved. In July of that year George Washington signed into law the bill recreating it, and he appointed John Jay, the second and last Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Articles of Confederation, as the first Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Constitution. Then in September of 1789, George Washington signed into law the bill that changed the Department of Foreign Affairs to the Department of State. At the same time, John Jay's position was changed from Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Acting Secretary of State.The first official Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, was also appointed by George Washington. He took office in March 1790.
No U.S. Defense Secretary has been a U.S. President to date, but one, Dick Cheney, has been a U.S. Vice President. Two U.S. Presidents had been U.S. Secretary of War. The War Department became part of the Defense Department in 1947. The two were James Monroe and William Howard Taft.
President John Adams appointed former Secretary of State John Marshall as Chief Justice of the United States in 1801. He served until his death in 1835, more than 34 years later.
Simon Cameron was President Lincoln's first secretary of war. Lincoln became upset with Cameron when in early 1862, he distributed a report that urged the government to arm former slaves. Lincoln sent him to Russia as the US ambassador. Lincoln then appointed Edwin Stanton as the new secretary of of war.
Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State. As such, she served under President Obama. In this role, Former Sec. Clinton gained valuable international knowledge and skills.
In January 2012 serving the US President Barack Obama is the former First Lady Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.
NATO does not have a president. It's acting head is the Secretary General. The current Secretary General is Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former prime minister of Denmark.
The current secretary of the Department of Interior is Ken Salazar. He is a part of the democratic party.
As of this day, the current Director-General of NEDA is former Senator Ralph G. Recto, as appointed by Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The current NEDA Dirctor General is Cayetano W. Pederanga Jr. Appointed by President Benigno "Noynoy" Simeon Aquino III As new President of the republic of the Philippines.
The cabinet member that is in charge of foreign affairs is the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is John Kerry who is a former Senator of Massachusetts.
Warren Harding appointed ex-President William Howard Taft to the court in 1921.
He shot former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.