United States Deputy Secretary of Energy


The deputy secretary of energy is a high-ranking position within the United States [Department of Energy]. The deputy secretary is the second-highest-ranking official of the department and assists the secretary of energy in the supervision and direction of the department. The deputy secretary succeeds the secretary in their absence, sickness, or unavailability.
The deputy secretary is appointed by the president with the consent of the United States Senate to serve at the request of the president.

History

The position of deputy secretary of energy was formed on October 1, 1977, with the creation of the Department of Energy when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act.

Deputy secretaries of energy

The following persons served as the deputy secretary of energy:
No.ImageDeputy secretaryTook officeLeft office
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2
ActingLynn Coleman
3W. Kenneth Davis
4
5William Flynn Martin
6Joseph F. Salgado
7
8Linda Stuntz
9William H. White
10Charles B. CurtisAugust 1995May 1997
11Betsy Moler19971998
12T.J. GlauthierMarch 18, 19992001
13Frank Blake
14Kyle E. McSlarrow
15Clay Sell
ActingJeffrey Kupfer
16Daniel Poneman
17Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
18Dan Brouillette
ActingMark Menezes
19Mark Menezes
20David Turk
21James DanlyIncumbent