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Xavier Becerra ( / hɑːviˈɛərbɪˈsɛrə / 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]
President Biden and VP Harris listen as Xavier Becerra, Biden's nominee to be HHS secretary, addresses a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters in Wilmington, Del., December 8, 2020.
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.
But Xavier Becerra, who runs NIH and HHS, the agency tasked with fighting Covid, was absent. ... Conversations with six former senior health policy officials from both Democratic and Republican ...
Two days of hearings exposed fault lines that could shape President Joe Biden’s post-pandemic agenda and will define health policy debates leading into the midterm elections.
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta was appointed to the office on April 23, 2021, following the resignation of Xavier Becerra to become the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. [50] [51] He ran for a full term.
Grumbling from high-ranking Biden administration officials and a harsh watchdog report released last week are the latest challenges for Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, who ...
Elections in California. 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.