The deputy secretary of energy is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Energy. The Deputy Secretary is the second-highest-ranking official of the Department and assists the secretary of energy in the supervision and direction of the Department. The Deputy Secretary succeeds the Secretary in their absence, sickness, or unavailability.
| Deputy Secretary of Energy | |
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 Seal of the U. S. Department of Energy | |
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| United States Department of Energy | |
| Member of | U. S. Department of Energy |
| Reports to | U. S. Secretary of Energy |
| Seat | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Appointer | The President |
| Website | www |
The Deputy Secretary is appointed by the President with the consent of the United States Senate to serve at the request of the President.
The current Deputy Secretary is David Turk who was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 98–2 on March 24, 2021.
History
editThe position of deputy secretary of energy was formed on October 1, 1977, with the creation of the Department of Energy when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act.[1]
Deputy secretaries of energy
edit| No. | Image | Name | Took office | Left office |
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John F. O'Leary[2] | October 21, 1977 | September 30, 1979 |
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John C. Sawhill | October 4, 1979 | October 8, 1980 |
| 3 |
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Lynn Coleman | December 23, 1980 | January 20, 1981 |
| 4 |
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W. Kenneth Davis | May 14, 1981 | January 13, 1983 |
| 5 | 
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Danny J. Boggs | November 3, 1983 | March 25, 1986 |
| 6 | 
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William Flynn Martin | June 6, 1986 | June 6, 1988 |
| 7 |
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Joseph F. Salgado | May 21, 1988 | January 20, 1989 |
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W. Henson Moore | April 12, 1989 | January 31, 1992 |
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Linda Stuntz | January 31, 1992 | January 22, 1993 |
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William H. White | June 26, 1993 | January 20, 1995 |
| 11 | 
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Charles B. Curtis | August 1995 | May 1997 |
| 12 |
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Betsy Moler | 1997 | 2001 |
| 13 |
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Frank Blake | June 1, 2001 | April 2002 |
| 14 | 
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Kyle E. McSlarrow | November 27, 2002 | February 2005 |
| 15 | 
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Clay Sell | March 17, 2005 | February 29, 2008 |
| – | 
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Jeffrey Kupfer Acting |
March 1, 2008 | January 20, 2009 |
| 17 | 
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Daniel Poneman | May 18, 2009 | October 5, 2014 |
| 18 | 
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Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall | October 10, 2014 | January 20, 2017 |
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Dan Brouillette | August 8, 2017 | December 4, 2019 |
| 20 | 
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Mark Menezes | December 4, 2019 (Acting) | August 4, 2020 (Acting) |
| August 4, 2020 | January 20, 2021 | |||
| 21 |
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David Turk | March 25, 2021 | Present |
References
edit- ^ "Origins". U.S. Department of Energy. Archived from the original on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ Terrence R. Fehner; Jack M. Hall, Department of Energy 1997-1994, a summary history (PDF)
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