United States Secretary of Homeland Security
List of Secretaries of Homeland Security

United States Secretary of Homeland Security

Section Title: List of Secretaries of Homeland Security
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№	Secretary of Homeland Security	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	State of residence	President

1	Tom Ridge	Tom Ridge (born 1945)	January 24, 2003	February 1, 2005	2 years, 8 days	Republican	Pennsylvania	George W. Bush (Rep)

James Loy	James Loy (born 1942) Acting	February 1, 2005	February 15, 2005	14 days	Independent	Pennsylvania	George W. Bush (Rep)

2	Michael Chertoff	Michael Chertoff (born 1953)	February 15, 2005	January 21, 2009	3 years, 341 days	Republican	New Jersey	George W. Bush (Rep)

3	Janet Napolitano	Janet Napolitano (born 1957)	January 21, 2009	September 6, 2013	4 years, 228 days	Democratic	Arizona	Barack Obama (Dem)

Rand Beers	Rand Beers (born 1942) Acting	September 6, 2013	December 16, 2013	101 days	Democratic	District of Columbia	Barack Obama (Dem)

4	Jeh Johnson	Jeh Johnson (born 1957)	December 23, 2013	January 20, 2017	3 years, 28 days	Democratic	New Jersey	Barack Obama (Dem)

5	John F. Kelly	John F. Kelly (born 1950)	January 20, 2017	July 31, 2017	192 days	Independent	Massachusetts	Donald Trump (Rep)

Elaine Duke	Elaine Duke (born 1958) Acting	July 31, 2017	December 6, 2017	128 days	Independent	Ohio	Donald Trump (Rep)

6	Kirstjen Nielsen	Kirstjen Nielsen (born 1972)	December 6, 2017	April 10, 2019	1 year, 125 days	Independent	Florida	Donald Trump (Rep)

Kevin McAleenan	Kevin McAleenan (born 1971) Acting	April 11, 2019	Incumbent	6 days	Independent	Hawaii	Donald Trump (Rep)

Sentence(s)

Elaine Duke served as acting secretary of Homeland Security from July 31, 2017to December 6, 2017.

final_sentence: Elaine Duke served as acting secretary of Homeland Security from July 31, 2017to December 6, 2017.