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United States Secretary of the Interior
Seal of the Department of the Interior
Flag of the secretary
Incumbent
Deb Haaland
since March 16, 2021
United States Department of the Interior
StyleMadam Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Member ofCabinet
Reports toPresident of the United States
SeatWashington, D.C.
AppointerPresident of the United States
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrumentTemplate:UnitedStatesCode
FormationTemplate:Start date and age
First holderThomas Ewing
SuccessionEighth[1]
DeputyUnited States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level I
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The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural resources, leading such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service. The secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation Board. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet and reports to the president of the United States. The function of the U.S. Department of the Interior is different from that of the interior minister designated in many other countries.

As the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the Western United States,[2] the secretary of the interior has typically come from a western state; only one secretary since 1949, Rogers Morton, was not a resident or native of a state lying west of the Mississippi River.

Secretary of the Interior is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,[3] thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024.[4]

Following Senate confirmation in March 2021, former U.S. representative Deb Haaland was sworn in as the secretary of the interior, the first Native American to hold the position.[5]

Line of succession

The line of succession for the secretary of interior is as follows:[6]

  1. Deputy Secretary of the Interior
  2. Solicitor of the Interior
  3. Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget
  4. Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
  5. Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
  6. Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
  7. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
  8. Director, Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement, Bureau of Reclamation
  9. Central Region Director, US Geological Survey
  10. Intermountain Regional Director, National Park Service
  11. Region 6 (Mountain-Prairie Region) Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service
  12. Colorado State Director, Bureau of Land Management
  13. Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region

List of secretaries of the interior

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Parties

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Status

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Number Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |1   Thomas Ewing Ohio Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1849–1850)
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(1850–1853)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |2   Template:Sortname Pennsylvania Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |3   Template:Sortname Virginia Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Michigan Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1853–1857)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Mississippi Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1857–1861)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Indiana Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1861–1865)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Indiana Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |
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(1865–1869)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Iowa Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" |
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" |
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Ohio Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1869–1877)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Ohio Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Michigan Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Missouri Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1887–1881)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Iowa Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1881)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1881–1885)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Colorado Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Mississippi Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1885–1889)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Wisconsin Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Missouri Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1889–1893)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Georgia Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1893–1897)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Missouri Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname New York Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1897–1901)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Missouri Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1901–1909)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Ohio Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Washington Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1909–1913)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname California Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1913–1921)
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Template:Small 		California Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname New Mexico Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1921–1923)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Colorado Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1923–1929)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname California Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1929–1933)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1933–1945)
rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1945–1953)
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Template:Small 		Colorado Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Wisconsin Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Colorado Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Oregon Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1953–1961)
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Template:Small 		Nebraska Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Nebraska Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Arizona Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1961–1963)
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(1963–1969)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Alaska Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1969–1974)
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Template:Small 		California Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Maryland Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1974–1977)
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Template:Small 		Kansas Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Wyoming June 12, 1975 October 9, 1975
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style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname North Dakota Template:Dts Template:Dts
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(1977–1981)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Idaho Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Colorado Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1981–1989)
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Template:Small 		New Jersey Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname California Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Virginia Template:Dts Template:Dts
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Template:Small 		Virginia Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1989–1993)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname New Mexico Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Arizona Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1993–2001)
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(2001–2009)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Colorado Template:Dts Template:Dts
–   Template:Sortname
Template:Small 		California Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Idaho Template:Dts Template:Dts
–   Template:Sortname
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rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(2009–2017)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Colorado Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Washington Template:Dts[7] Template:Dts
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(2017–2021)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Montana Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color   Template:Sortname Colorado Template:Dts Template:Dts
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(2021–2025)
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References

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