United States Secretary of Homeland Security

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United States Cabinet position government office

The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the Department of Homeland Security, responsible for coordinating national efforts to prevent and respond to terrorism, natural disasters, and other domestic threats.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Secretary of Homeland Security 18
Sec. Homeland Security 1
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Cabinet position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
abbreviation United States Secretary of Homeland Security self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sec. Homeland Security
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ
firstHolder Tom Ridge ⓘ
formationDate 2003-01-24 ⓘ
heads United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
inauguralHolder Tom Ridge ⓘ
isInLineOfSuccessionFor President of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Title 6 of the United States Code ⓘ
lineOfSuccessionPosition 18th in the United States presidential line of succession (after 2006 changes) ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States Cabinet
nativeLabel United States Secretary of Homeland Security self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
nominatedBy President of the United States ⓘ
officeHoldsJurisdictionOver United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
oversees Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ
Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
Transportation Security Administration ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Coast Guard (in peacetime for homeland security missions)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

United States Secret Service ⓘ
participatesIn Domestic Policy Council ⓘ
surface form: Homeland Security Council (when active)

National Security Council of the United States ⓘ
surface form: National Security Council (when invited)
partOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States Cabinet
precededByOffice Director of the Office of Homeland Security ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor aviation security policy ⓘ
border security ⓘ
counterterrorism coordination ⓘ
critical infrastructure protection ⓘ
cybersecurity coordination ⓘ
disaster response coordination ⓘ
domestic threat assessment coordination ⓘ
emergency management policy ⓘ
homeland security policy ⓘ
immigration enforcement policy ⓘ
maritime security policy ⓘ
transportation security policy ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style Madam Secretary ⓘ
Mr. Secretary ⓘ
termLength no fixed term ⓘ
typeOfRole executive branch leadership position ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Secretary of Homeland Security → abbreviation → United States Secretary of Homeland Security self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sec. Homeland Security
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties → advises → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Coast Guard ensign → authority → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
National Terrorism Advisory System → canBeUpdatedBy → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Presidential Succession Act → definesSuccessionPosition → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
Homeland Security Council of the United States → hasMember → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
National Terrorism Advisory System → managedBy → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
United States Secretary of Homeland Security → nativeLabel → United States Secretary of Homeland Security self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Public Law 115-278 → placesAgencyUnder → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
John F. Kelly → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
Tom Ridge → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
Management Directorate → positionReportsTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Commandant of the Coast Guard → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
I&A → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
U.S. Customs and Border Protection → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Immigration and Customs Enforcement → subordinateTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Office of Risk Management and Analysis → subordinateTo → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Office of Operations Coordination → supports → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
Madam Secretary → usedForOffice → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ