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Appearance
Denotes Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
No. | Portrait | Secretary of Homeland Security | Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | State of Residence | President | ||
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Tom Ridge (born 1945) | January 24, 2003 | February 1, 2005 | 2 years, 8 days | Pennsylvania ![]() |
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James Loy (born 1942)
Acting |
February 1, 2005 | February 15, 2005 | 14 days | Pennsylvania ![]() | |||
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Michael Chertoff (born 1953)
Acting |
February 15, 2005 | January 21, 2009 | 3 years, 341 days | New Jersey ![]() | |||
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Janet Napolitano (born 1957) | January 21, 2009 | September 6, 2013 | 4 years, 228 days | Arizona ![]() |
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Rand Beers (born 1942)
Acting |
September 6, 2013 | December 23, 2013 | 101 days | District of Columbia ![]() | |||
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Jeh Johnson (born 1957) | December 23, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | 3 years, 28 days | New Jersey ![]() | |||
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John F. Kelly (born 1950) | January 20, 2017 | July 31, 2017 | 192 days | Massachusetts ![]() |
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Elaine Duke (born 1958)
Acting |
July 31, 2017 | December 6, 2017 | 128 days | Ohio ![]() | |||
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Kirstjen Nielsen (born 1972) | December 6, 2017 | April 10, 2019 | 1 year, 125 days | Florida ![]() | |||
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Kevin McAleenan (born 1971)
Acting |
April 11, 2019 | November 13, 2019 | 216 days | Hawaii ![]() | |||
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Chad Wolf (born 1976)
Acting |
November 13, 2019 | January 11, 2019 | 1 year, 59 days | Virginia ![]() | |||
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Peter Gaynor (born 1968)
Acting |
January 12, 2021 | January 20, 2021 | 8 days | New Jersey ![]() | |||
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David Pekoske (born 1955)
Acting |
January 20, 2021 | February 2, 2021 | 13 days | Connecticut ![]() |
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Alejandro Mayorkas (born 1959) | February 2, 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 5 months and 10 days | District of Columbia ![]() |