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Department of Defense

INCUMBENT
	Party	Independent
	Name	Lloyd J. Austin
	Won	01/22/2021
	Votes	93 (97.89%)
	Margin	91 (+95.79%)
	Term	01/22/2021 - 01/20/2025

	Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness
Administration
	Deputy Secretary of Defense	Kathleen H. Hicks	0	+100.00%
	Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence	Ronald S. Moultrie	0	+100.00%
	Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
	Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics	William LaPlante	0	+100.00%
Division
	Homeland Defense
Subordinate Organizations
	Department of the Army	Christine Wormuth	0	+100.00%
	Department of the Navy	Carlos Del Toro	0	+100.00%
	Department of the Air Force	Frank Kendall III	0	+100.00%

Cabinet DETAILS

Parents

> United States > U.S. Executive

Website

http://www.defenselink.mil

Established

September 18, 1947

Disbanded

Still Active

Contributor

U Ole Polecat

Last Modified

Scott³ March 28, 2010 08:19pm

Description

Order of Succession for Top Defense Positions (effective March 1, 2010):
(1) Deputy Secretary of Defense
(2) Secretary of the Army
(3) Secretary of the Navy
(4) Secretary of the Air Force
(5) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
(6) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
(7) Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
(8) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
(9) Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Obama Executive Order... [Link]

HISTORY