Xavier Becerra

**Xavier Becerra** ( ; born January 26, 1958) is an American politician. Becerra was the 25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2021 until 2025 during the Joe Biden administration. He was the Attorney General of California from 2017 until 2021.

He previously served in the United States House of Representatives for . He had represented Downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. Becerra, a member of the Democratic Party, was Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

He was chosen to become Attorney General of California after Kamala Harris was elected to the United States Senate. He is the first Latino to serve as Attorney General of California.

On December 6, 2020 then President-elect Joe Biden nominated Becerra to be the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. His nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 18, 2021 with a narrow 50-49 vote.

## Other websites

- California Department of Justice official website of the Attorney General

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Xavier Becerra
- **image**: HHS Xavier Becerra.jpg
- **office**: 25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
- **president**: Joe Biden
- **term start**: March 19, 2021
- **term end**: January 20, 2025
- **deputy**: Andrea Palm
- **predecessor**: Alex Azar
- **successor**: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- **office1**: 33rd Attorney General of California
- **governor1**: Jerry Brown
Gavin Newsom
- **term start1**: January 24, 2017
- **term end1**: March 18, 2021
- **predecessor1**: Kamala Harris
- **successor1**: Rob Bonta
- **office2**: Member of the
United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives
from California
- **constituency2**: (1993–2003)
 (2003–2013)
 (2013–2017)
- **term start2**: January 3, 1993
- **term end2**: January 24, 2017
- **predecessor2**: Edward Roybal (Redistricting)
- **successor2**: Jimmy Gomez
- **office3**: Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
- **leader3**: Nancy Pelosi
- **term start3**: January 3, 2013
- **term end3**: January 3, 2017
- **predecessor3**: John B. Larson, John Larson
- **successor3**: Joe Crowley
- **office4**: Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman of the United States House of Representatives, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
- **leader4**: Nancy Pelosi
- **term start4**: January 3, 2009
- **term end4**: January 3, 2013
- **predecessor4**: John B. Larson, John Larson
- **successor4**: Joe Crowley
- **office5**: Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House Democratic Assistant to the Leader
- **leader5**: Nancy Pelosi
- **term start5**: January 3, 2007
- **term end5**: January 3, 2009
- **predecessor5**: John Spratt
- **successor5**: Chris Van Hollen
- **state assembly6**: California
- **district6**: California's 59th Assembly district, 59th
- **term start6**: 1990
- **term end6**: 1992
- **predecessor6**: Charles Calderon
- **successor6**: Dick Mountjoy
- **birth place**: Sacramento, California, Sacramento, California, U.S.
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **spouse**: Carolina Reyes
- **children**: 3
- **education**: Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, BA, Juris Doctor, JD)