Commissioner of Food and Drugs

The United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs is the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The commissioner is appointed by the President of the United States with confirmation of the Senate. The commissioner reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

List of commissioners
Unnumbered, colored rows indicate acting commissioners.

Name(birth–death)PhotoTerm of officeAppointed by(term)Start of termEnd of term1Harvey Washington Wiley100pxJanuary 1, 1907 March 15, 1912 Theodore Roosevelt2Carl L. Alsberg100pxDecember 16, 1912July 15, 1921William Howard Taft3Walter G. Campbell100pxJuly 16, 1921June 30, 1924Warren G. Harding4Charles Albert Browne Jr.100pxJuly 1, 1924June 30, 1927Calvin Coolidge3Campbell had previously served as CommissionerWalter G. Campbell100pxJuly 1, 1927April 30, 1944Calvin Coolidge5Paul B. Dunbar100pxMay 6, 1944May 31, 1951Franklin D. Roosevelt6Charles W. Crawford100pxJune 1, 1951July 31, 1954Harry S. Truman7George P. Larrick100pxAugust 12, 1954December 27, 1965Dwight D. Eisenhower8James L. Goddard100pxJanuary 17, 1966July 1, 1968Lyndon B. Johnson9Herbert L. Ley Jr.100pxJuly 1, 1968December 12, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson10Charles C. Edwards100pxDecember 13, 1969March 15, 1973Richard Nixon11Alexander M. Schmidt100pxJuly 20, 1973November 30, 1976Richard Nixon12Donald Kennedy100pxApril 4, 1977June 30, 1979Jimmy Carter13Jere E. Goyan100pxOctober 21, 1979January 20, 1981Jimmy Carter14Arthur H. Hayes Jr.100pxApril 13, 1981September 11, 1983Ronald Reagan15Frank E. Young100pxJuly 15, 1984December 17, 1989Ronald Reagan16David A. Kessler100pxNovember 8, 1990February 28, 1997George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton17Jane E. Henney100pxJanuary 17, 1999January 19, 2001Bill Clinton18Mark McClellan100pxNovember 14, 2002March 26, 2004George W. Bush19Lester Crawford100pxJuly 18, 2005September 23, 2005George W. Bush20Andrew von Eschenbach100pxDecember 13, 2006January 20, 2009George W. Bush21Margaret Hamburg100pxMay 22, 2009April 1, 2015Barack Obama–Stephen Ostroff100pxApril 1, 2015February 22, 2016Barack Obama22Robert Califf100pxFebruary 22, 2016January 20, 2017Barack Obama–Stephen Ostroff100pxJanuary 20, 2017May 11, 2017Donald Trump23Scott Gottlieb100pxMay 11, 2017April 5, 2019Donald Trump–Norman Sharpless100pxApril 5, 2019November 1, 2019Donald Trump–Brett Giroir100pxNovember 6, 2019ADM Brett P. GiroirDecember 17, 2019Donald Trump24Stephen Hahn100pxDecember 17, 2019January 20, 2021Donald Trump–Janet Woodcock138x138pxJanuary 20, 2021 February 17, 2022Joe Biden25Robert Califf100pxFebruary 17, 2022January 20, 2025Joe Biden26Marty Makary100pxApril 1, 2025IncumbentDonald Trump

References

Category:United States Department of Health and Human Services