United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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Seal of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare

The health, education and welfare ministry of the United States (English United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare , HEW ) was a Ministry of the Government of the United States that existed from 1953 to 1979. In 1979 a separate Ministry of Education was created from this Ministry . The HEW became the Department of Health ( Department of Health and Human Services renamed). Patricia Roberts Harris , HEW's last minister , also became the first minister of health.

history

As early as 1923, the then US President Warren G. Harding suggested the establishment of a Ministry of Education and Welfare; There were similar proposals from his successors in office, but for various reasons they were not put into practice. It was only Dwight D. Eisenhower who created the conditions for such a ministry with his Reorginanization Plan Number 1 in 1953, which was founded on March 12, 1953.

To this day, this remained the only department within the US government that was formed by the presidential reorganization authority . This right, which allowed him to create or reorganize bureaucratic structures as long as no chamber of Congress vetoed, was abolished in 1962; however, the Supreme Court ruled that legislative veto power was unconstitutional in the early 1980s.

List of Ministers for Health, Education and Welfare

No. image minister Term of office under US President
1 Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg Oveta Culp Hobby 1953-1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
2
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 Marion Bayard Folsom 1955-1958 Dwight D. Eisenhower
3 ArthurSFlemming.jpg Arthur Sherwood Flemming 1958-1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
4th Abraham ribicoff.jpg Abraham Alexander Ribicoff 1961–1962 John F. Kennedy
5 CELE.JPG Anthony Joseph Celebrezze 1962-1965 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
6th JohnGardnerWHF.jpg John William Gardner 1965-1968 Lyndon B. Johnson
7th Cohenlife2.jpg Wilbur Joseph Cohen 1968-1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
8th RobertHFinch.jpg Robert Hutchison Finch 1969-1970 Richard Nixon
9 ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg Elliot Lee Richardson 1970-1973 Richard Nixon
10 Caspar Weinberger official photo.jpg Caspar Willard Weinberger 1973-1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
11 F. David Mathews.jpg Forrest David Mathews 1975-1977 Gerald Ford
12 Joseph-califano-85.jpg Joseph Anthony Califano 1977-1979 Jimmy Carter
13 PatriciaHarris2.jpg Patricia Roberts Harris 1979 Jimmy Carter