Alex Azar

Alex Azar
Official portrait, 2019
24th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office January 29, 2018 – January 20, 2021
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Eric Hargan
Preceded by	Tom Price
Succeeded by	Xavier Becerra
1st Chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force
In office January 29, 2020 – February 26, 2020
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Mike Pence
United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office January 22, 2005 – February 4, 2007
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Claude Allen
Succeeded by	Tevi Troy
General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
In office August 8, 2001 – January 22, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Harriet S. Rabb
Succeeded by	Daniel Meron
Personal details
Born	Alex Michael Azar II (1967-06-17) June 17, 1967 (age 56) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jennifer Reist[1]
Children	2
Education	Dartmouth College (BA) Yale University (JD)
Occupation	Politician attorney businessman lobbyist former pharmaceutical executive

Alex Michael Azar II (/ˈeɪzɑːr/; born June 17, 1967) is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his post by President Donald Trump on November 13, 2017, and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 2018. He was also chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from its inception in January 2020 to February 2020, when he was replaced by Vice President Mike Pence.

In 2021, he was appointed a senior executive in residence at the Miami Herbert Business School at the University of Miami.^[2][3]

From 2012 to 2017, Azar was president of the U.S. division of Eli Lilly and Company, a major drug company, and a member of the board of directors of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, a large pharmaceutical trade association.

Azar served as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) from 2001 to 2005. On July 22, 2005, he was confirmed as the deputy secretary of Health and Human Services; he served in that capacity until his January 2007 resignation.