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Alex Michael Azar II (/ ˈ eɪ z ɑːr /; born June 17, 1967) is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the U.S. secretary of health and human services from 2018 to 2021.
Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services Secretary, resigned earlier this week, citing the violent Capitol riot inflamed by President Donald Trump in his resignation letter obtained by NBC News.
On November 13, 2017, President Trump announced via Twitter that Alex Azar was his nominee to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. [186] Azar was the former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under George W. Bush (2005–2007) [ 187 ] and president of Lilly USA, LLC, the largest affiliate of ...
Also referred to as the President's Coronavirus Task Force, it was established on January 29, 2020, with Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar as chair. [2] On February 26, 2020, U.S. vice president Mike Pence was named to chair the task force, and Deborah Birx was named the response coordinator. [3]
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar faced questions about the COVID-19 virus during his testimony before Congress about appropriations for his department. (Feb. 26)
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar had previously been in charge of the coronavirus response. Standing next to Pence, Azar and some of the nation’s top public health officials, Trump ...
Secretary of Health and Human Services is a level I position in the Executive Schedule, [5] thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024. [ 6 ] Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Latino descent to hold the post.
Trump's confidence in Alex Azar is about to be put to the test as officials prepare for the coronavirus' spread in the U.S. Meet HHS Secretary Alex Azar, the Official Chairing the Coronavirus Task ...