Alex Azar

Alexander Michael Azar II (born 1967) was appointed by George W. Bush as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Before this appointment, Mr. Azar served as General Counsel at HHS.

Prior to his service at the Department of Health and Human Services, Mr. Azar was a partner with the law firm of Wiley Rein in Washington, D.C. He was previously an Associate with Kirkland & Ellis. He was employed by Eli Lilly and Company.

Azar is a graduate of Parkside High School, Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, class of 1991. He later worked as a law clerk to Judge Michael Luttig and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in the 1993 Term.

In May 2007 Azar left the HHS to become senior vice president of corporate affairs and communication for Eli Lilly and Company, reporting directly to Chief Executive Sidney Taurel.

In January 2017, Azar left Eli Lilly and Company to pursue other professional opportunities.

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