United States Secretary of the Interior

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, the 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,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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,<ref>Template:UnitedStatesCode</ref> thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024.<ref name="opm-pay-table-2024ex"> Template:Cite web</ref>

The current interior secretary is Doug Burgum, who was sworn in on February 1, 2025.

Line of succession

The line of succession for the secretary of the interior is as follows:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

Parties

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Status

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)
rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |						Template:Sortname (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;" |
Template:Sortname (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	File:Walter L. Fisher cph.3a00307.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Secy Franklin Lane LCCN2014691522 Crop Alt.jpg	Template:Sortname	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1913–1921)
–	File:Alexander (T.) Vogelsang, secrétaire de l'Intérieur (gouvernement des Etats-Unis) - btv1b53036912x Trim.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:John Barton Payne (1855–1935) - Official portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Albert Fall.jpg	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	File:Hubert Work cph.3b20185.jpg	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	File:Roy Owen West.png	Template:Sortname	Illinois	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:RayLymanWilbur.gif	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	File:Ickes.gif	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)
–	File:Oscar Littleton Chapman.png	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Colorado	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Julius A Krug.png	Template:Sortname	Wisconsin	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Oscar Littleton Chapman.png	Template:Sortname	Colorado	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Douglas McKay.png	Template:Sortname	Oregon	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1953–1961)
–		Template:Sortname Template:Small	Nebraska	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Seaton.gif	Template:Sortname	Nebraska	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Stewart L Udall - 1960s.gif	Template:Sortname	Arizona	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1961–1963)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |						Template:Sortname (1963–1969)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Hickel.gif	Template:Sortname	Alaska	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1969–1974)
–		Template:Sortname Template:Small	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:RogersClarkBallardMorton.jpg	Template:Sortname	Maryland	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" |						Template:Sortname (1974–1977)
–	File:Kent Frizzell - Department of Justice.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Kansas	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Stanley K Hathaway.png	Template:Sortname	Wyoming	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
–	File:Kent Frizzell - Department of Justice.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Kansas	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Thomas S Kleppe.gif	Template:Sortname	North Dakota	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
–		Template:Sortname Template:Small		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1977–1981)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Cecil D Andrus.png	Template:Sortname	Idaho	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:James g watt.png	Template:Sortname	Colorado	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1981–1989)
–	File:J.J. Simmons, III - Surface Transportation Board Vice Chairman.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New Jersey	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:William patrick clark.png	Template:Sortname	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Donald hodel.JPG	Template:Sortname	Oregon	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
–		Template:Sortname 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	File:Lujan manuel.jpg	Template:Sortname	New Mexico	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Bruce babbitt.jpg	Template:Sortname	Arizona	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1993–2001)
–	File:Thomas Slonaker, Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of Interior - NARA - 5609637.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Arizona	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
						rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2001–2009)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Gale Norton.jpeg	Template:Sortname	Colorado	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
–	File:Lynn Scarlett.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Dirk Kempthorne, official Interior Dept color photo, 2006.jpg	Template:Sortname	Idaho	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
–	File:Lynn Scarlett.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
						rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2009–2017)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Ken Salazar official DOI portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	Colorado	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Sally Jewell official portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	Washington	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts
–		Template:Sortname Template:Small		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2017–2021)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Ryan Zinke official portrait (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname	Montana	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:David Bernhardt official photo.jpg	Template:Sortname	Colorado	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
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–	File:Scott de la Vega.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2021–2025)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Secretary Deb Haaland, official headshot.jpg	Template:Sortname	New Mexico	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
–	File:Walter Cruickshank official photo.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2025–present)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Color	File:Doug Burgum 2023 (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname	North Dakota	Template:Dts	present

External links

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