The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, concerned with urban housing matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
On January 13, 1966, Robert C. Weaver became the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed to this position.
Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development
| Name |
Term of Office |
President(s) served under |
| Robert Clifton Weaver |
January 18, 1966 - December 18, 1968 |
Lyndon Johnson |
| Robert Coldwell Wood † |
January 7, 1969 - January 20, 1969 |
Lyndon Johnson |
| George Wilcken Romney |
January 22, 1969 - January 20, 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
| James Thomas Lynn |
February 2, 1973 - February 5, 1975 |
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford |
| Carla Anderson Hills |
March 10, 1975 - January 20, 1977 |
Gerald Ford |
| Patricia Roberts Harris |
January 23, 1977 - September 10, 1979 |
Jimmy Carter |
| Maurice Edwin Landrieu |
September 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
| Samuel Riley Pierce |
January 23, 1981 - January 20, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Jack French Kemp |
February 13, 1989 - January 19, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
| Henry Gabriel Cisneros |
January 22, 1993 - January 19, 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
| Andrew Mark Cuomo |
January 29, 1997 - January 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
| Melquiades Rafael Martinez |
January 24, 2001 - December 12, 2003 |
George W. Bush |
| Alphonso Roy Jackson |
March 31, 2004 - present |
George W. Bush |
†Robert C. Wood, Under Secretary under Weaver, served between Weaver and Romney with a recess appointment from President Johnson, who sent his nomination to the Senate. It was never acted on, and, therefore, he was never sworn in as Secretary.
