Secretary of Interior
This appointed office leads the Interior executive department.
- Current holder
- Doug Burgum
- How selected
- Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation
- Regular electoral term
- No fixed electoral term
- Next regular election
- Not applicable to this appointed office
Where does this office fit?
The department is part of the executive branch and administers programs within its legal responsibilities. Its head directs the department, subject to law, oversight, and judicial review.
Holding this office does not give its holder the powers of Congress or the courts.
Office and person are separate
Read Doug Burgum’s profile → for career context, appointment evidence, and selected records. Service dates remain unverified where the research has not established them.
Sources you can check
- The Cabinet · White HouseSection: Doug BurgumResearch used an official indexed excerpt; full page text was not archived.
- Secretary Doug Burgum · U.S. Department of the InteriorSection: Secretary Doug Burgum
Research checked October 19, 2026. Source publication dates may be earlier. Read the coverage and limitations →