US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Chief officer of the US Education Department. Previously grouped with the office of US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

30-Nov-1979	20-Jan-1981	Shirley Hufstedler	(under Jimmy Carter)
22-Jan-1981	20-Jan-1985	Terrel H. Bell	(under Ronald Reagan)
6-Feb-1985	1988	William Bennett	(under Ronald Reagan)
20-Sep-1988	12-Dec-1990	Lauro F. Cavazos	(under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush)
22-Mar-1991	20-Jan-1993	Lamar Alexander	(under George H.W. Bush)
21-Jan-1993	20-Jan-2001	Richard W. Riley	(under Bill Clinton)
20-Jan-2001	24-Jan-2005	Rod Paige	(under George W. Bush)
24-Jan-2005	20-Jan-2009	Margaret Spellings	(under George W. Bush)
21-Jan-2009	1-Jan-2016	Arne Duncan	(under Barack Obama)
14-Mar-2016	20-Jan-2017	John King, Jr.	(under Barack Obama)
7-Feb-2017	--	Betsy DeVos	(under Donald Trump)

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