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Commissioner of Food and Drugs

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United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs
BERJAYA
since May 15, 2026
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
Reports toSecretary of Health and Human Services
Term lengthNo fixed term

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

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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 BERJAYA January 1, 1907 March 15, 1912 [4] Theodore Roosevelt
2 Carl L. Alsberg BERJAYA December 16, 1912 July 15, 1921 [5] William Howard Taft
3 Walter G. Campbell BERJAYA July 16, 1921 June 30, 1924 [6] Warren G. Harding
4 Charles Albert Browne Jr. BERJAYA July 1, 1924 June 30, 1927 [7] Calvin Coolidge
5[a] Walter G. Campbell BERJAYA July 1, 1927 April 30, 1944 [6] Calvin Coolidge
6 Paul B. Dunbar BERJAYA May 6, 1944 May 31, 1951 [8] Franklin D. Roosevelt
7 Charles W. Crawford BERJAYA June 1, 1951 July 31, 1954 [9] Harry S. Truman
8 George P. Larrick BERJAYA August 12, 1954 December 27, 1965 [10] Dwight D. Eisenhower
9 James L. Goddard BERJAYA January 17, 1966 July 1, 1968 [11] Lyndon B. Johnson
10 Herbert L. Ley Jr. BERJAYA July 1, 1968 December 12, 1969 [12] Lyndon B. Johnson
11 Charles C. Edwards BERJAYA December 13, 1969 March 15, 1973 [13] Richard Nixon
12 Alexander M. Schmidt BERJAYA July 20, 1973 November 30, 1976 [14] Richard Nixon
13 Donald Kennedy BERJAYA April 4, 1977 June 30, 1979 [15] Jimmy Carter
14 Jere E. Goyan BERJAYA October 21, 1979 January 20, 1981 [16] Jimmy Carter
15 Arthur H. Hayes Jr. BERJAYA April 13, 1981 September 11, 1983 [17] Ronald Reagan
16 Frank E. Young BERJAYA July 15, 1984 December 17, 1989 [18] Ronald Reagan
17 David A. Kessler BERJAYA November 8, 1990 February 28, 1997 [19] George H. W. Bush

Bill Clinton

18 Jane E. Henney BERJAYA January 17, 1999 January 19, 2001 [20] Bill Clinton
19 Mark McClellan BERJAYA November 14, 2002 March 26, 2004 [21] George W. Bush
20 Lester Crawford BERJAYA July 18, 2005 September 23, 2005 [22] George W. Bush
21 Andrew von Eschenbach BERJAYA December 13, 2006 January 20, 2009 [23] George W. Bush
– Frank M. Torti January 20, 2009 March 29, 2009 [24]
– Joshua M. Sharfstein BERJAYA March 30, 2009 May 21, 2009 [25]
22 Margaret Hamburg BERJAYA May 22, 2009 April 1, 2015 [26] Barack Obama
– Stephen Ostroff BERJAYA April 1, 2015 February 22, 2016 [27][28] Barack Obama
23 Robert Califf BERJAYA February 22, 2016 January 20, 2017 [29] Barack Obama
– Stephen Ostroff BERJAYA January 20, 2017 May 11, 2017 [27][28] Donald Trump
24 Scott Gottlieb BERJAYA May 11, 2017 April 5, 2019 [30] Donald Trump
– Norman Sharpless BERJAYA April 5, 2019 November 1, 2019 [31] Donald Trump
– Admiral
Brett Giroir		 BERJAYA November 6, 2019 December 17, 2019 [32][33] Donald Trump
25 Stephen Hahn BERJAYA December 17, 2019 January 20, 2021 [34] Donald Trump
– Janet Woodcock BERJAYA January 20, 2021 February 17, 2022 [35][36] Joe Biden
26[b] Robert Califf BERJAYA February 17, 2022 January 20, 2025 [29][37] Joe Biden
– Sara Brenner BERJAYA January 24, 2025 April 1, 2025 [38][39] Donald Trump
27 Marty Makary BERJAYA April 1, 2025 May 13, 2026 [40][41] Donald Trump
– Kyle Diamantas BERJAYA May 15, 2026 Incumbent Donald Trump

Table notes:

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

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "How the FDA's food division fails to regulate health and safety hazards". politico.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Commissioners". FDA. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Acting Commissioners". FDA. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Harvey Washington Wiley". FDA.
  5. ↑ "Carl L. Alsberg". FDA.
  6. 1 2 "Walter G. Campbell". FDA.
  7. ↑ "Charles A. Browne". FDA. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Paul B. Dunbar". FDA. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Charles Crawford". FDA.
  10. ↑ "George P. Larrick". FDA.
  11. ↑ "James L. Goddard". FDA.
  12. ↑ "Herbert Ley". FDA.
  13. ↑ "Charles Edwards". FDA.
  14. ↑ "Alexander M. Schmidt". FDA.
  15. ↑ "Donald Kennedy". FDA.
  16. ↑ "Jere E. Goyan". FDA.
  17. ↑ "Arthur Hull Hayes". FDA.
  18. ↑ "Frank E. Young". FDA.
  19. ↑ "David A. Kessler". FDA.
  20. ↑ "Jane E. Henney". FDA.
  21. ↑ "Mark B. McClellan". FDA.
  22. ↑ "Lester M. Crawford". FDA. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Andrew C. von Eschenbach MD". FDA.
  24. ↑ "Frank M. Torti, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P." FDA. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021.
  25. ↑ McCurdy, Debra A. (April 3, 2009). "Sharfstein Named Acting FDA Commissioner". Health Industry Washington Watch.
  26. ↑ "Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D." FDA.
  27. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Meet Stephen Ostroff, M.D., Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine". FDA.
  29. 1 2 "Robert M. Califf M.D., MACC". FDA. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022.
  30. ↑ "Scott Gottlieb M.D." FDA.
  31. ↑ "Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless MD". FDA. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019.
  32. ↑ McGinley, Laurie (November 1, 2019). "Trump announces plan to nominate Texas cancer doctor to run FDA". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  33. ↑ "ADM Brett P. Giroir MD". FDA.
  34. ↑ "Stephen Hahn". U.S. Food and Drug Administration. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  35. ↑ Kunzmann, Kevin (January 20, 2021). "Janet Woodcock, MD, Appointed as Acting FDA Commissioner". HCPLive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  36. ↑ "Janet Woodcock M.D." FDA. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019.
  37. ↑ Eglovitch, Joanne S. (November 12, 2024). "Regulatory Focus — Califf 'disappointed' about election, warns of changes at FDA". Friends of Cancer Research.
  38. ↑ "Dr. Sara Brenner Appointed FDA Acting Commissioner as Trump Nominee Awaits Senate Confirmation". Food Safety Magazine. January 27, 2025.
  39. ↑ "Sara Brenner M.D., M.P.H." FDA. Archived from the original on January 27, 2025.
  40. ↑ "Martin A Makary M.D., M.P.H." FDA.
  41. ↑ "Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H., Sworn in as FDA Commissioner". FDA. April 1, 2025.
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