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The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters pertaining to economic and fiscal policy.
On September 15, 1789, before Jefferson could return to take the post, Washington signed into law another act which changed the name of the office from Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Secretary of State, changed the name of the department to the Department of State, and added several domestic powers and responsibilities to both the office of secretary and the department.
See United States Secretary of the Treasury for a description of the office and a chronological list of the secretaries. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury Cora D'Alvi [4] January 27, 2025 Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury Samantha Schwab [5] January 27, 2025 Senior Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury Alexandra Preate [6] January 20, 2025 Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury David F. Eisner
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury: Michael Faulkender [117] Awaiting Senate Confirmation Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy) Ken Kies [118] Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury: Daniel Katz [119] January 20, 2025 Senior Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury Alexandra Preate [120] Director of Policy Planning Hunter ...
Janet Yellen, who served as Treasury Secretary, is the highest ranking Jewish woman to hold a cabinet post. Two Jewish cabinet secretaries were immigrants to the United States: Kissinger, Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and W. Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter.
The Treasury Secretary job is a key Cabinet position, with vast influence over economic, regulatory and international affairs. Wall Street has been closely watching who Trump will pick, especially ...
That record was equaled by George Shultz, who served successively within the Nixon administration—first as Secretary of Labor, then in a cabinet-rank position as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and finally as Secretary of the Treasury—before being appointed Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan.