Everything about United States Secretary Of Energy totally explained
The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy and is a member of the President's Cabinet, fifteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Energy on October 1 1977, after the signing of the Department of Energy Organization Act by President Jimmy Carter. The position was originally developed to be concerned with energy production and regulation. During the 1980s, the emphasis shifted to development of technology for better, more efficient energy sources as well as education regarding energy. As the Cold War ended, the secretary's tasks evolved more into nuclear waste disposal and maintenance of environmental quality.
The first Secretary of Energy was former
Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, a Republican nominated to the post by Democratic President Jimmy Carter, the only time a president has appointed someone of another party to the post. Schlesinger was also the only secretary to be dismissed from his post.
Bill Clinton's first Secretary of Energy,
Hazel R. O'Leary, was the longest to hold the position, as well as its first female and African-American. Clinton also named
Federico Peña to the post, the first Hispanic to hold the position.
Bill Richardson, who succeeded Peña, was the second Hispanic to hold the position and later became
Governor of New Mexico. The current secretary is
Samuel W. Bodman, having held the post since
February 1 2005.
List of Secretaries of Energy
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| 4
| Donald Paul Hodel
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| November 5 1982
| February 7 1985
| Ronald Reagan
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| 5
| John S. Herrington
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| February 7 1985
| January 20 1989
| Ronald Reagan
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| 6
| James D. Watkins
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| March 1 1989
| January 20 1993
| George H. W. Bush
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| 7
| Hazel R. O'Leary
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| January 22 1993
| January 20 1997
| Bill Clinton
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| 8
| Federico Peña
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| March 12 1997
| June 30, 1998
| Bill Clinton
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| 9
| Bill Richardson
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| August 18 1998
| January 20 2001
| Bill Clinton
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|10
| Spencer Abraham
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| January 20 2001
| February 1 2005
| George W. Bush
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|11
| Samuel W. Bodman
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| February 1 2005
| Present
| George W. Bush
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