United States Secretary of Transportation

The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. Elaine Chao, who served as the secretary of labor under President George W. Bush, was nominated by Donald Trump on November 29, 2016. On January 7, 2021, Chao announced her resignation following the Capitol attack, effective January 11.

About United States Secretary of Transportation in brief

Summary United States Secretary of TransportationThe United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The post was created on October 15, 1966, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Department of transportation Act. The department’s mission is to provide an efficient and economical national transportation system. Elaine Chao, who served as the secretary of labor under President George W. Bush, was nominated by Donald Trump on November 29, 2016.

On January 7, 2021, Chao announced her resignation following the Capitol attack, effective January 11. On December 15, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he will nominate Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, as Secretary of Transportation in his administration. As of January 2021, there are eleven living former secretaries of transportation.