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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".[1]
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.[2]
The 38th Secretary of Commerce is Penny Pritzker, who was appointed by President Barack Obama on June 26, 2013.[3]
No party Democratic Republican
Source: Department of Commerce: Secretaries
As of October 2014, there are ten living former Secretaries of Commerce, the oldest being Frederick B. Dent (1973-1975, born 1922). The most recent Secretary of Commerce to die was Juanita M. Kreps (1977-1979), on July 5, 2010.
The line of succession for the Secretary of Commerce is as follows:[4]
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