The deputy secretary of energy is a high-ranking position within the

United States Department of Energy The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and manages the research and development of nuclear power and nuclear weapons in the United States ...

. The Deputy Secretary is the second-highest-ranking official of the Department and assists the

secretary of energy The United States secretary of energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and fifteenth in the presidential line of succession. The position was created on October 1, 1977, when Pr ...

in the supervision and direction of the Department. The Deputy Secretary succeeds the Secretary in their absence, sickness, or unavailability. The Deputy Secretary is appointed by the President with the consent of the

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to serve at the request of the President. The current Deputy Secretary is David Turk who was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 98-2 on March 24, 2021.

History

The position of deputy secretary of energy was formed on October 1, 1977, with the creation of the Department of Energy when President

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...

signed the Department of Energy Organization Act.

Deputy secretaries of energy

References

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