Back وزير النقل (الولايات المتحدة) Arabic وزير نقل امريكا ARZ Secretario de Transporte de los Estados Unidos Spanish Ameerika Ühendriikide transpordiminister Estonian وزیر ترابری ایالات متحده آمریکا Persian Yhdysvaltain liikenneministeri Finnish Secrétaire aux Transports des États-Unis French מזכיר התחבורה של ארצות הברית HE Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok közlekedési minisztereinek listája Hungarian Menteri Transportasi Amerika Serikat ID
| 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 |
| First holder | Alan Stephenson Boyd |
| Succession | Fourteenth[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Transportation |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, Level I |
| Website | transportation.gov |
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]
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]
- ^ a b : Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act.
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- ^ : Positions at level I.
- ^ O'Connell, Oliver (February 2, 2021). "Pete Buttigieg becomes first openly gay cabinet member after historic Senate vote". The Independent. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ Shear, Michael D.; Kaplan, Thomas (December 16, 2020). "Buttigieg Recalls Discrimination Against Gay People, as Biden Celebrates Cabinet's Diversity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 24, 2021.