United States Secretary of Energy
List of Secretaries of Energy
Parties Democratic (6) Republican (8)

United States Secretary of Energy

Section Title: List of Secretaries of Energy
Table Section Text: Parties Democratic (6) Republican (8)

No.	Portrait	Name	State of Residence	Took office	Left office	Party	President(s)

1	-	James Schlesinger	Virginia	August 6, 1977	August 23, 1979	Republican	Jimmy Carter

2	-	Charles Duncan	Texas	August 24, 1979	January 20, 1981	Democratic

3	-	James Edwards	South Carolina	January 23, 1981	November 5, 1982	Republican	Ronald Reagan

4	Donald hodel.JPG	Donald Hodel	Oregon	November 5, 1982	February 7, 1985	Republican

5	-	John Herrington	California	February 7, 1985	January 20, 1989	Republican

6	-	James Watkins	California	March 1, 1989	January 20, 1993	Republican	George H. W. Bush

7	-	Hazel O'Leary	Virginia	January 22, 1993	January 20, 1997	Democratic	Bill Clinton

8	-	Federico Peña	Colorado	March 12, 1997	June 30, 1998	Democratic

9	-	Bill Richardson	New Mexico	August 18, 1998	January 20, 2001	Democratic

10	-	Spencer Abraham	Michigan	January 20, 2001	February 1, 2005	Republican	George W. Bush

11	-	Samuel Bodman	Illinois	February 1, 2005	January 20, 2009	Republican

12	-	Steven Chu	California	January 20, 2009	April 22, 2013	Democratic	Barack Obama

–	-	Daniel Poneman	Ohio	April 22, 2013	May 21, 2013	Democratic

13	-	Ernest Moniz	Massachusetts	May 21, 2013	January 20, 2017	Democratic

–	-	Grace Bochenek	January 20, 2017	March 2, 2017	Donald Trump

14	-	Rick Perry	Texas	March 2, 2017	Incumbent	Republican

Sentence(s)

The current Secretary of Energy is Rick Perry, James Schlesinger was the first Secretary of Energy, who was a Republican nominated to the post by the President Jimmy Carter.

final_sentence: The current Secretary of Energy is Rick Perry, James Schlesinger was the first Secretary of Energy, who was a Republican nominated to the post by the President Jimmy Carter.