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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 President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act , [ 2 ] establishing the department.
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician who was the 16th United States secretary of energy from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the 47th governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011 and as the 51st attorney general of Michigan from 1999 to 2003, the first woman to hold either office.
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Energy by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of June 21, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 17 nominees have been confirmed, 0 nominees are being considered by the Senate, and 9 positions do not have nominees.
Trump picked industry executive Chris Wright as his nominee to be Energy secretary and to join a new Council ... a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, U.S ...
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm President Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Energy, former Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Melanie A. Kenderdine will assume the secretary-designate position May 8, according to the Governor's Office. She succeeds former Secretary Sarah ... Governor announces new Cabinet secretary of ...
Perry is a firm opponent of LGBT rights and as both Governor of Texas and Secretary of Energy became controversial for his homophobic comments and anti-LGBT positions. In 2002, Perry described the Texas same-sex anti-sodomy law as "appropriate". [87] The following year, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the statute in Lawrence v.
The Office is administered by the Assistant Secretary for Electricity (ASE), who is appointed by the President of the United States. The Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Assistant Secretary is paid at level IV of the Executive ...