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United States Secretary of the Interior

{{short description|Head of the United States Department of the Interior}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = United States Secretary

| body = the Interior

| flag = Flag of the United States Secretary of the Interior.svg

| flagborder = yes

| flagsize = 130

| flagcaption = Flag of the secretary

| insignia = Seal of the United States Department of the Interior.svg

| insigniasize = 120

| insigniacaption = Seal of the Department of the Interior

| image = Portait of Secretary Doug Burgum, 2025 (cropped) (cropped).jpg

| incumbent = Doug Burgum

| incumbentsince = February 1, 2025

| acting = no

| department = United States Department of the Interior

| style = Mr. Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)

| member_of = Cabinet

| reports_to = President of the United States

| seat = Washington, D.C.

| appointer = President of the United States

| appointer_qualified = with Senate advice and consent

| termlength = No fixed term

| constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|43|1451}}

| formation = {{start date and age|1849|3|3}}

| first = Thomas Ewing

| succession = Eighth{{Cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19 |title=3 U.S. Code § 19 – Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act |website=Legal Information Institute}}

| deputy = United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior

| salary = Executive Schedule, Level I

| website = {{URL|https://www.doi.gov/|doi.gov}}

}}

The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural resources, leading such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service. The secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation Board. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet and reports to the president of the United States. The function of the U.S. Department of the Interior is different from that of the interior minister designated in many other countries.

As the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the Western United States,{{Cite web |url=https://www.newwest.net/topic/article/the_wests_new_land_lords/C41/L41/ |title=Salazar, Vilsack: The West's New Land Lords |first=Courtney |last=Lowery |date=December 17, 2008 |website=New West |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220221345/http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/the_wests_new_land_lords/C41/L41/ |archive-date=December 20, 2008}} the secretary of the interior has typically come from a western state; only one secretary since 1949, Rogers Morton, was not a resident or native of a state lying west of the Mississippi River.

Secretary of the Interior is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312}} thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024.

{{cite web

| last =

| first =

| title = Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule

| publisher = Office of Personnel Management

| date = 2024-01-01

| url = https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2024/EX.pdf

| access-date = 2024-06-13}}

The current interior secretary is Doug Burgum, who was sworn in on February 1, 2025.

Line of succession

The line of succession for the secretary of the interior is as follows:{{Cite web |url=https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/Chapter%20%203_%20SECRETARIAL%20SUCCESSION%20%282%29.doc |title=Chapter 3: Secretarial Succession |date=September 3, 2004 |website=Electronic Library of the Interior Policies |access-date=October 30, 2016}}

  1. Deputy Secretary of the Interior
  2. Solicitor of the Interior
  3. Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget
  4. Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
  5. Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
  6. Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
  7. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
  8. Director, Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement, Bureau of Reclamation
  9. Central Region Director, US Geological Survey
  10. Intermountain Regional Director, National Park Service
  11. Region 6 (Mountain-Prairie Region) Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service
  12. Colorado State Director, Bureau of Land Management
  13. Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region

List of secretaries of the interior

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; Parties

{{legend2|{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}|Whig|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (3)

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (17)

{{legend2|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|Republican|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (34)

; Status

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Number

!class=unsortable |Portrait

!Name

!State of residence

!Took office

!Left office

!colspan=2 |President(s)

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |1

|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |Thomas Ewing

|rowspan=2 |Ohio

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|March 8, 1849}}

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|July 22, 1850}}

|style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Zachary|Taylor}}
(1849–1850)

rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Millard|Fillmore}}
(1850–1853)

style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |2

|75px

|{{sortname|Thomas|McKennan|Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan}}

|Pennsylvania

|{{dts|August 15, 1850}}

|{{dts|August 26, 1850}}

style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |3

|75px

|{{sortname|Alexander|Stuart|Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart}}

|Virginia

|{{dts|September 14, 1850}}

|{{dts|March 7, 1853}}

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|4}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Robert|McClelland|dab=American politician}}

|Michigan

|{{dts|March 8, 1853}}

|{{dts|March 9, 1857}}

|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Franklin|Pierce}}
(1853–1857)

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|5}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Jacob|Thompson}}

|Mississippi

|{{dts|March 10, 1857}}

|{{dts|January 8, 1861}}

|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|James|Buchanan}}
(1857–1861)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|6}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Caleb|Smith|Caleb Blood Smith}}

|Indiana

|{{dts|March 5, 1861}}

|{{dts|December 31, 1862}}

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Abraham|Lincoln}}
(1861–1865)

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|7}}

|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|John|Usher|John Palmer Usher}}

|rowspan=2 |Indiana

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|January 1, 1863}}

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|May 15, 1865}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Andrew|Johnson}}
(1865–1869)
style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|8}}

|75px

|{{sortname|James|Harlan|dab=senator}}

|Iowa

|{{dts|May 16, 1865}}

|{{dts|August 31, 1866}}

|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|9}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Orville|Browning|Orville Hickman Browning}}

|Illinois

|{{dts|September 1, 1866}}

|{{dts|March 4, 1869}}

|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|10}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Jacob|Cox|Jacob Dolson Cox}}

|Ohio

|{{dts|March 5, 1869}}

|{{dts|October 31, 1870}}

|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Ulysses S.|Grant}}
(1869–1877)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|11}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Columbus|Delano}}

|Ohio

|{{dts|November 1, 1870}}

|{{dts|September 30, 1875}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|12}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Zachariah|Chandler}}

|Michigan

|{{dts|October 19, 1875}}

|{{dts|March 11, 1877}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|13}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Carl|Schurz}}

|Missouri

|{{dts|March 12, 1877}}

|{{dts|March 7, 1881}}

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Rutherford B.|Hayes}}
(1887–1881)

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|14}}

|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Samuel J.|Kirkwood}}

|rowspan=2 |Iowa

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|March 8, 1881}}

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|April 17, 1882}}

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|James A.|Garfield}}
(1881)

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Chester A.|Arthur}}
(1881–1885)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|15}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Henry M.|Teller}}

|Colorado

|{{dts|April 18, 1882}}

|{{dts|March 3, 1885}}

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|16}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Lucius|Lamar|Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II}}

|Mississippi

|{{dts|March 6, 1885}}

|{{dts|January 10, 1888}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Grover|Cleveland}}
(1885–1889)

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|17}}

|75px

|{{sortname|William|Vilas|William Freeman Vilas}}

|Wisconsin

|{{dts|January 16, 1888}}

|{{dts|March 6, 1889}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|18}}

|75px

|{{sortname|John|Noble|John Willock Noble}}

|Missouri

|{{dts|March 7, 1889}}

|{{dts|March 6, 1893}}

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Benjamin|Harrison}}
(1889–1893)

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|19}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Hoke|Smith|M. Hoke Smith}}

|Georgia

|{{dts|March 6, 1893}}

|{{dts|September 1, 1896}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Grover|Cleveland}}
(1893–1897)

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|20}}

|75px

|{{sortname|David R.|Francis}}

|Missouri

|{{dts|September 3, 1896}}

|{{dts|March 5, 1897}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|21}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Cornelius|Bliss|Cornelius Newton Bliss}}

|New York

|{{dts|March 6, 1897}}

|{{dts|February 19, 1899}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|William|McKinley}}
(1897–1901)

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|22}}

|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Ethan|Hitchcock|Ethan A. Hitchcock (Interior)}}

|rowspan=2 |Missouri

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|February 20, 1899}}

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|March 4, 1907}}

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Theodore|Roosevelt}}
(1901–1909)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|23}}

|75px

|{{sortname|James|Garfield|James Rudolph Garfield}}

|Ohio

|{{dts|March 5, 1907}}

|{{dts|March 4, 1909}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|24}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Richard A.|Ballinger}}

|Washington

|{{dts|March 6, 1909}}

|{{dts|March 12, 1911}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|William Howard|Taft}}
(1909–1913)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|25}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Walter L.|Fisher}}

|Illinois

|{{dts|March 13, 1911}}

|{{dts|March 5, 1913}}

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|26}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Franklin|Lane|Franklin Knight Lane}}

|California

|{{dts|March 6, 1913}}

|{{dts|February 29, 1920}}

|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Woodrow|Wilson}}
(1913–1921)

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Alexander|Vogelsang}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |California

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|February 29, 1920}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|March 13, 1920}}

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|27}}

|75px

|{{sortname|John|Payne|John Barton Payne}}

|Illinois

|{{dts|March 15, 1920}}

|{{dts|March 4, 1921}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|28}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Albert B.|Fall}}

|New Mexico

|{{dts|March 5, 1921}}

|{{dts|March 4, 1923}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Warren G.|Harding}}
(1921–1923)

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|29}}

|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Hubert|Work}}

|rowspan=2 |Colorado

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|March 5, 1923}}

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|July 24, 1928}}

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Calvin|Coolidge}}
(1923–1929)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|30}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Roy|West|Roy Owen West}}

|Illinois

|{{dts|July 25, 1928}}

|{{dts|March 4, 1929}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|31}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Ray Lyman|Wilbur}}

|California

|{{dts|March 5, 1929}}

|{{dts|March 4, 1933}}

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Herbert|Hoover}}
(1929–1933)

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|32}}

|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Harold L.|Ickes}}

|rowspan=2 |Illinois

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|March 4, 1933}}

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|February 15, 1946}}

|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Franklin D.|Roosevelt}}
(1933–1945)

rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Harry S.|Truman}}
(1945–1953)

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Oscar L.|Chapman}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |Colorado

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|February 15, 1946}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|March 18, 1946}}

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|33}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Julius|Krug|Julius Albert Krug}}

|Wisconsin

|{{dts|March 18, 1946}}

|{{dts|December 1, 1949}}

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|34}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Oscar L.|Chapman}}

|Colorado

|{{dts|December 1, 1949}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1953}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|35}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Douglas|McKay}}

|Oregon

|{{dts|January 21, 1953}}

|{{dts|April 15, 1956}}

|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Dwight D.|Eisenhower}}
(1953–1961)

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Clarence|Davis}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |Nebraska

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|April 15, 1956}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|June 8, 1956}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|36}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Fred|Seaton|Fred Andrew Seaton}}

|Nebraska

|{{dts|June 8, 1956}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1961}}

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|37}}

|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Stewart|Udall}}

|rowspan=2 |Arizona

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|January 21, 1961}}

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|January 20, 1969}}

|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|John F.|Kennedy}}
(1961–1963)

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Lyndon B.|Johnson}}
(1963–1969)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|38}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Wally|Hickel}}

|Alaska

|{{dts|January 24, 1969}}

|{{dts|November 25, 1970}}

|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}
(1969–1974)

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Fred J.|Russell}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |California

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|November 25, 1970}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 29, 1971}}

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|39}}

|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Rogers|Morton}}

|rowspan=2 |Maryland

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|January 29, 1971}}

|rowspan=2 |{{dts|April 30, 1975}}

rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Gerald|Ford}}
(1974–1977)

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Kent|Frizzell}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |Kansas

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|April 30, 1975}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|June 12, 1975}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|40}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Stanley K.|Hathaway}}

|Wyoming

|{{dts|June 12, 1975}}

|{{dts|October 9, 1975}}

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Kent|Frizzell}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |Kansas

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|October 9, 1975}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|October 17, 1975}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|41}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Thomas S.|Kleppe}}

|North Dakota

|{{dts|October 17, 1975}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1977}}

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Alfred|Albert}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 20, 1977}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 23, 1977}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Jimmy|Carter}}
(1977–1981)

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|42}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Cecil D.|Andrus}}

|Idaho

|{{dts|January 23, 1977}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1981}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|43}}

|75px

|{{sortname|James G.|Watt}}

|Colorado

|{{dts|January 23, 1981}}

|{{dts|November 8, 1983}}

|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}
(1981–1989)

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|J. J.|Simmons}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |New Jersey

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|November 8, 1983}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|November 18, 1983}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|44}}

|75px

|{{sortname|William P.|Clark}}

|California

|{{dts|November 18, 1983}}

|{{dts|February 7, 1985}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|45}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Donald P.|Hodel}}

|Oregon

|{{dts|February 8, 1985}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Earl|Gjelde}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |Virginia

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 20, 1989}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|February 3, 1989}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|George H. W.|Bush}}
(1989–1993)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|46}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Manuel|Lujan Jr.}}

|New Mexico

|{{dts|February 3, 1989}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|47}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Bruce|Babbitt}}

|Arizona

|{{dts|January 22, 1993}}

|{{dts|January 19, 2001}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Bill|Clinton}}
(1993–2001)

rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Thomas|Slonaker}}
{{small|Acting}}

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |Arizona

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 20, 2001}}

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 31, 2001}}

rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}
(2001–2009)

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|48}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Gale|Norton}}

|Colorado

|{{dts|January 31, 2001}}

|{{dts|March 31, 2006}}

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Lynn|Scarlett}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |California

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|April 1, 2006}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|May 26, 2006}}

style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|49}}

|75px

|{{sortname|Dirk|Kempthorne}}

|Idaho

|{{dts|May 26, 2006}}

|{{dts|January 19, 2009}}

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Lynn|Scarlett}}
{{small|Acting}}

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |California

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 19, 2009}}

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 20, 2009}}

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|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}
(2009–2017)

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|75px

|{{sortname|Ken|Salazar}}

|Colorado

|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}

|{{dts|April 12, 2013}}

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|75px

|{{sortname|Sally|Jewell}}

|Washington

|{{dts|April 12, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.doi.gov/whoweare/secretaryjewell.cfm |title=About Secretary Jewell |website=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=May 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608142317/http://www.doi.gov/whoweare/secretaryjewell.cfm |archive-date=June 8, 2013}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2017}}

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Kevin|Haugrud}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 20, 2017}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|March 1, 2017}}

|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
(2017–2021)

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|75px

|{{sortname|Ryan|Zinke}}

|Montana

|{{dts|March 1, 2017}}

|{{dts|January 2, 2019}}

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|rowspan=2 |75px

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|David|Bernhardt}}

|rowspan=2 |Colorado

|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|January 2, 2019}}

|style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{dts|April 11, 2019}}

{{dts|April 11, 2019}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2021}}

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Scott|de la Vega}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |New York

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 20, 2021}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|March 16, 2021}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}
(2021–2025)

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|75px

|{{sortname|Deb|Haaland}}

|New Mexico

|{{dts|March 16, 2021}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2025}}

bgcolor=#E6E6AA |–

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |75px

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Walter|Cruickshank}}
{{small|Acting}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|January 20, 2025}}

|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|February 1, 2025}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
(2025–present)

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|75px

|{{sortname|Doug|Burgum}}

|North Dakota

|{{dts|February 1, 2025}}

|present

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