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United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

United States government position

Summary

United States government position

Field	Value
post	United States Deputy Secretary
body	Homeland Security
flag	Flag of the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.svg
flagsize	150
flagcaption	Flag of the United States deputy secretary of homeland security
insignia	Seal of the United States Department of Homeland Security.svg
insigniasize	120
insigniacaption	Seal of the Department of Homeland Security
department	United States Department of Homeland Security
image	Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar Official Portrait.jpg
incumbent	Troy Edgar
incumbentsince	March 8, 2025
style	Ms./Mr. Deputy Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
status	Chief operating officer
reports_to	United States Secretary of Homeland Security
appointer	The president
appointer_qualified	with Senate advice and consent
termlength	No fixed term
first	Gordon R. England
formation
succession	1st in DHS succession
constituting_instrument
salary	Executive Schedule, level II
website

The Honorable (formal)

The deputy secretary of homeland security is the chief operating officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations. The department has over 208,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $48.5 billion.

If the secretary of homeland security dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office, the deputy secretary is to serve as an acting secretary.

The deputy secretary is appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The position of deputy secretary was created along with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002. The deputy secretary is paid $168,000 annually.

List of deputy secretaries of homeland security

Notes

References

"Deputy Secretary Paul A. Schneider".
[[Title 6 of the United States Code. 6]] [[United States Code. U.S.C]] [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title6/pdf/USCODE-2024-title6-chap1-subchapI-sec113.pdf §113(a)(1) "Other Officers (Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, (in general))"] (2024). [https://web.archive.org/web/20250729063532/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title6/pdf/USCODE-2024-title6-chap1-subchapI-sec113.pdf Archived] from the original on July 29, 2025.
Wise, Charles R.. (2002). "Organizing for Homeland Security". Public Administration Review.
(June 10, 2018). "White House Pay Raises Lift the Ceiling". [[Chicago Tribune]].
(June 22, 2023). "DHS Chief of Staff Kristie Canegallo to be Acting Deputy Secretary After Tien's Retirement".
"Leadership".
"Leadership".
"Secretary Noem Delivers Welcome Remarks to DHS Staff".

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