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Xavier Becerra ( / hɑːviˈɛər bɪˈsɛrə / hah-vee-AIR beh-SEHR-ə; Latin American Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ βeˈsera]; born January 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 2021. He is the first Latino to hold this position in history. [1]
Becerra served in the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017 before moving on to the role of California’s attorney general. His nomination comes at a time when the fate of Obamacare is up to ...
Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Hispanic descent to hold the post. Duties [ edit ] The flag of the secretary of health, education, and welfare, the predecessor to the current office.
Becerra, a former attorney general of California and 12-term member of Congress, took office in late March. But since he was sworn in, he has yet to appear at a White House or Covid media briefing.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a former California congressman, is also mentioned as a possible candidate. For now, Bonta’s focused on being California’s chief lawyer. He ...
A special election was held on June 6, 2017, to elect the member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district. A special open primary election was held on April 4, 2017. Incumbent Representative Xavier Becerra, nominated by Governor Jerry Brown to succeed Kamala Harris, was confirmed as Attorney ...
One of the very few high-ranking Latinos in the Biden administration, Becerra was expected to use his experience as California’s attorney general (a post he assumed once Kamala Harris moved to ...
The 2018 California Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of California. The 2014 election winner Kamala Harris was elected to the United States Senate during the 2016 Senate election; incumbent Democratic Attorney General, Xavier Becerra won election to a full term.