Commissioner of Food and Drugs

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from FDA commissioner)

Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA

Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.

United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found.
since May 12, 2026
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
Reports toSecretary of Health and Human Services
Term lengthNo fixed term

Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".

The United States commissioner of food and drugs is the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The commissioner is nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. The commissioner reports to the secretary of health and human services.

Due to frequent controversies involving the FDA, appointments are not always prompt and the agency is often headed by an acting commissioner. For example, Andrew von Eschenbach's appointment was held up by senators who objected to the FDA's refusal to allow emergency contraception to be sold over the counter.

The commissioner has frequently been a physician, but this is not a requirement for the post. Commissioners rarely come from a food-related background.[1]

List of commissioners

The following persons served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs Administration:[2][3]

Unnumbered, colored rows indicate acting commissioners.[3]

No. Name
(birth–death) 		Portrait Term of office Refs. Appointed by
(term)
Start of term End of term
1 Harvey Washington Wiley File:FDA History - Harvey Wiley Portrait (4901385302).jpg January 1, 1907 March 15, 1912 [4] Theodore Roosevelt
2 Carl L. Alsberg File:Carl L. Alsberg.gif December 16, 1912 July 15, 1921 [5] William Howard Taft
3 Walter G. Campbell File:Walter G. Campbell.gif July 16, 1921 June 30, 1924 [6] Warren G. Harding
4 Charles Albert Browne Jr. File:Charles Albert Browne Jr.gif July 1, 1924 June 30, 1927 [7] Calvin Coolidge
5[a] Walter G. Campbell File:Walter G. Campbell.gif July 1, 1927 April 30, 1944 [6] Calvin Coolidge
6 Paul B. Dunbar File:Paul B. Dunbar.gif May 6, 1944 May 31, 1951 [8] Franklin D. Roosevelt
7 Charles W. Crawford File:Charles W. Crawford.gif June 1, 1951 July 31, 1954 [9] Harry S. Truman
8 George P. Larrick File:George P. Larrick.gif August 12, 1954 December 27, 1965 [10] Dwight D. Eisenhower
9 James L. Goddard File:James L. Goddard.gif January 17, 1966 July 1, 1968 [11] Lyndon B. Johnson
10 Herbert L. Ley Jr. File:Herbert L. Ley Jr.gif July 1, 1968 December 12, 1969 [12] Lyndon B. Johnson
11 Charles C. Edwards File:Charles C. Edwards.jpg December 13, 1969 March 15, 1973 [13] Richard Nixon
12 Alexander M. Schmidt File:Alexander M. Schmidt.gif July 20, 1973 November 30, 1976 [14] Richard Nixon
13 Donald Kennedy File:Donald Kennedy photo.png April 4, 1977 June 30, 1979 [15] Jimmy Carter
14 Jere E. Goyan File:Jere E. Goyan.gif October 21, 1979 January 20, 1981 [16] Jimmy Carter
15 Arthur H. Hayes Jr. File:Arthur H. Hayes Jr.gif April 13, 1981 September 11, 1983 [17] Ronald Reagan
16 Frank E. Young File:Frank Edward Young.jpg July 15, 1984 December 17, 1989 [18] Ronald Reagan
17 David A. Kessler File:DavidAaronKesslerApr2009.jpg November 8, 1990 February 28, 1997 [19] George H. W. Bush

Bill Clinton

18 Jane E. Henney File:Jane E. Henney.jpg January 17, 1999 January 19, 2001 [20] Bill Clinton
19 Mark McClellan File:MarkMcClellan.jpg November 14, 2002 March 26, 2004 [21] George W. Bush
20 Lester Crawford File:Lester Crawford.jpg July 18, 2005 September 23, 2005 [22] George W. Bush
21 Andrew von Eschenbach File:AVonEchenbach2.jpg December 13, 2006 January 20, 2009 [23] George W. Bush
– Frank M. Torti January 20, 2009 March 29, 2009 [24]
– Joshua M. Sharfstein File:Dr. Joshua Sharfstein (cropped).jpg March 30, 2009 May 21, 2009 [25]
22 Margaret Hamburg File:Margaret Hamburg official portrait.jpg May 22, 2009 April 1, 2015 [26] Barack Obama
– Stephen Ostroff File:Stephen Ostroff (13488260153).jpg April 1, 2015 February 22, 2016 [27][28] Barack Obama
23 Robert Califf File:Robert Califf.jpg February 22, 2016 January 20, 2017 [29] Barack Obama
– Stephen Ostroff File:Stephen Ostroff (13488260153).jpg January 20, 2017 May 11, 2017 [27][28] Donald Trump
24 Scott Gottlieb File:Scott Gottlieb official portrait.jpg May 11, 2017 April 5, 2019 [30] Donald Trump
– Norman Sharpless File:Ned Sharpless official portrait (cropped).jpg April 5, 2019 November 1, 2019 [31] Donald Trump
– Admiral
Brett Giroir 		File:ADM Brett P. Giroir, USPHS.jpg November 6, 2019 December 17, 2019 [32][33] Donald Trump
25 Stephen Hahn File:Stephen Hahn MD.jpg December 17, 2019 January 20, 2021 [34] Donald Trump
– Janet Woodcock File:Janet Woodcock (2021).png January 20, 2021 February 17, 2022 [35][36] Joe Biden
26[b] Robert Califf File:Robert M. Califf, FDA Commissioner.jpg February 17, 2022 January 20, 2025 [29][37] Joe Biden
– Sara Brenner File:Sara Brenner.jpg January 24, 2025 April 1, 2025 [38][39] Donald Trump
27 Marty Makary File:Marty Makary, official portrait (2025) (cropped).png April 1, 2025 May 12, 2026 [40][41] Donald Trump
– Kyle Diamantas File:Kyle Diamantas, official portrait (2025) (cropped).jpg May 12, 2026 Incumbent Donald Trump

Table notes:

Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.

  1. ^ Campbell had previously served as Commissioner
  2. ^ Califf had previously served as Commissioner

See also

References

Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.

  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."How the FDA's food division fails to regulate health and safety hazards". politico.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Commissioners". FDA. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Acting Commissioners". FDA. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harvey Washington Wiley". FDA.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Carl L. Alsberg". FDA.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Walter G. Campbell". FDA.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Charles A. Browne". FDA. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Paul B. Dunbar". FDA. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Charles Crawford". FDA.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."George P. Larrick". FDA.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."James L. Goddard". FDA.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Herbert Ley". FDA.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Charles Edwards". FDA.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alexander M. Schmidt". FDA.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Donald Kennedy". FDA.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jere E. Goyan". FDA.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arthur Hull Hayes". FDA.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Frank E. Young". FDA.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."David A. Kessler". FDA.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jane E. Henney". FDA.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mark B. McClellan". FDA.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lester M. Crawford". FDA. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Andrew C. von Eschenbach MD". FDA.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Frank M. Torti, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P." FDA. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCurdy, Debra A. (April 3, 2009). "Sharfstein Named Acting FDA Commissioner". Health Industry Washington Watch.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D." FDA.
  27. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meet Stephen Ostroff, Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine". U.S. Food and Drug Administration. February 9, 2019. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  28. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meet Stephen Ostroff, M.D., Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine". FDA.
  29. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Robert M. Califf M.D., MACC". FDA. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022.
  30. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Scott Gottlieb M.D." FDA.
  31. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless MD". FDA. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019.
  32. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McGinley, Laurie (November 1, 2019). "Trump announces plan to nominate Texas cancer doctor to run FDA". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  33. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ADM Brett P. Giroir MD". FDA.
  34. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stephen Hahn". U.S. Food and Drug Administration. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  35. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kunzmann, Kevin (January 20, 2021). "Janet Woodcock, MD, Appointed as Acting FDA Commissioner". HCPLive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  36. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Janet Woodcock M.D." FDA. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019.
  37. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Eglovitch, Joanne S. (November 12, 2024). "Regulatory Focus — Califf 'disappointed' about election, warns of changes at FDA". Friends of Cancer Research.
  38. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dr. Sara Brenner Appointed FDA Acting Commissioner as Trump Nominee Awaits Senate Confirmation". Food Safety Magazine. January 27, 2025.
  39. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sara Brenner M.D., M.P.H." FDA. Archived from the original on January 27, 2025.
  40. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Martin A Makary M.D., M.P.H." FDA.
  41. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H., Sworn in as FDA Commissioner". FDA. April 1, 2025.

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found.

Retrieved from "https://cosmopedia.co/index.php?title=Commissioner_of_Food_and_Drugs&oldid=5716062"