List of secretaries of homeland security
Prior to the establishment of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, there existed an assistant to the president for the Office of Homeland Security, which was created following the September 11 attacks in 2001. Parties (5) (3) (4) Status a. James Loy served as acting secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. b. Rand Beers served as acting secretary in his capacity as confirmed Undersecretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs and Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; Beers was the highest ranking Senate-approved presidential appointee at the Department of Homeland Security. c. Elaine Duke served as acting secretary in her capacity as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. d. Kevin McAleenan served as acting secretary in his capacity as Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. His tenure was ruled unlawful. e. Chad Wolf served as acting secretary in his capacity asOrder of succession
While appointment of acting officials is generally governed by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (FVRA), the Homeland Security Act of 2002 creates exceptions to FVRA, mandating that the under secretary of homeland security for management is third in the line of succession for Secretary of Homeland Security, and establishes an alternate process by which the secretary can directly establish a line of succession outside the provisions of the FVRA. As of November 8, 2019, the order of succession is as follows. However, the legality of this update was challenged. # Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security # Under Secretary for Management # Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection # Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans # Administrator and Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration # Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Formerly, an April 10, 2019 update to the DHS Orders of Succession, made pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, provided a different order in the case of unavailability to act during a disaster or catastrophic emergency: # Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security # Under Secretary for Management # Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection # Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency # Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency # Under Secretary for Science and Technology # Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis # Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration # Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement # Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services # Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans # General Counsel # Deputy Under Secretary for Management # Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection # Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration # Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement # Deputy Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services # Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers As a result of Executive Order 13753 in 2016, the order of succession for the secretary of homeland security was as follows: # Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security # Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management # Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency # Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs # Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology # Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis #Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection #Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration #Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement #Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services # Assistant Secretary for Policy #General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security #Deputy Under Secretary for Management #Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection #Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration #Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement #Deputy Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services #Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training CenterAdministration-cited potential nominees
Bernard Kerik
George W. Bush nominated Bernard Kerik for the position in 2004. However a week later, Kerik withdrew his nomination, explaining that he had employed an illegal immigrant as a nanny.Raymond Kelly
By July 2013, Raymond Kelly had served as Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for nearly 12 straight years. Within days of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano's announcement that she was resigning, Kelly was soon cited as an obvious potential successor by New York senatorSee also
* Interior minister * List of current interior ministersReferences
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