United States Secretary of Transportation
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The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States, and is fourteenth in the presidential line of succession.[1]
United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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United States Department of Transportation | |
Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
Member of | the United States Cabinet |
Reports to | the President of the United States |
Seat | Washington, D.C. |
Appointer | President of the United States with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | 49 U.S.C. § 102 |
Formation | October 15, 1966 (57 years ago) (1966-10-15) |
First holder | Alan Stephenson Boyd |
Succession | Fourteenth[1] |
Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Transportation |
Salary | Executive Schedule, Level I |
Website | transportation.gov |
The secretary of transportation oversees the U.S. Department of Transportation, which has over 55,000 employees and thirteen agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.[2] As of January 2021, the secretary receives an annual salary of $221,400.[3][4]
Pete Buttigieg has served as the secretary of transportation since February 3, 2021. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 86–13 on February 2, 2021.[5] Buttigieg is the first openly gay man to hold the position, the first openly gay Cabinet secretary and the youngest person to serve as secretary of transportation.[6]