List of Secretaries of Veterans Affairs
- Parties
No party Democratic Republican
- Status
| No. | Portrait | Name | State of Residence | Took Office | Left Office | President(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Derwinski | Illinois | March 15, 1989 | September 26, 1992 | George H. W. Bush | ||
| – | Anthony Principi | California | September 26, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | |||
| 2 | Jesse Brown | Illinois | January 22, 1993 | July 1, 1997 | Bill Clinton | ||
| – | Hershel W. Gober | Arkansas | July 1, 1997 | January 2, 1998 | |||
| 3 | Togo D. West, Jr. | District of Columbia | January 2, 1998 | May 5, 1998 | |||
| May 5, 1998 | July 25, 2000 | ||||||
| – | Hershel W. Gober | Arkansas | July 25, 2000 | January 20, 2001 | |||
| 4 | Anthony Principi | California | January 23, 2001 | January 26, 2005 | George W. Bush | ||
| 5 | Jim Nicholson | Colorado | January 26, 2005 | October 1, 2007 | |||
| – | Gordon H. Mansfield | Florida | October 1, 2007 | December 20, 2007 | |||
| 6 | James B. Peake, |
District of Columbia | December 20, 2007 | January 20, 2009 | |||
| 7 | Eric Shinseki, |
Hawaii | January 20, 2009 | Incumbent | Barack Obama | ||
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