Secretary of Health and Human Services

n 1: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of

Health and Human Services; "the first Secretary of

Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris

who was appointed by Carter" [syn: {Secretary of Health

and Human Services}]

2: the position of the head of the Department of Health and

Human Services; "the post of Secretary of Health and Human

Services was created by Congress in 1979" [syn: {Secretary

of Health and Human Services}]