Secretary of Commerce
| Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America | |
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| United States Department of Commerce | |
| Style | Mr. Secretary |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | The President |
| Seat | Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | 15 U.S.C. § 1501 |
| Formation | March 15, 1913 |
| First holder | William Cox Redfield |
| Succession | Tenth |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Commerce |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, level 1 |
| Website | www |
The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The Secretary is appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate and serves at the President's pleasure. A member of the President's Cabinet, the Secretary is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce".
Until 1913 there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Labor.
No party (1) Democratic (20) Republican (18)
Source: Department of Commerce: Secretaries
As of March 2017, there are eleven living former Secretaries of Commerce, the oldest being Frederick B. Dent (served 1973-1975, born 1922). The most recent Secretary of Commerce to die was Juanita M. Kreps (served 1977-1979, born 1921), on July 5, 2010. The most recently serving Secretary to die was Ron Brown (1993-1996, born 1941), who died in office on April 3, 1996.
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