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Rachel Leland Levine (/ l ə ˈ v iː n / lə-VEEN; born 28 October 1957) [1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health since 26 March 2021. [2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps .
Rachel Levine: March 26, 2021 Assistant Secretary for Health: 2021–present Levine is the first openly transgender person to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation. She is the highest-ranking openly transgender official in the US and the first openly transgender four-star admiral. [6] [7]
Levine made history in March when she became the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate. She was narrowly confirmed by a vote of 52-48, primarily along party lines.
Rachel Levine is to become assistant secretary of health, the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Biden picks transgender woman for health role Skip to ...
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Health and Human Services by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of May 10, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 15 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 3 positions do not have nominees, and 22 appointments have been made ...
Rachel Levine, the first openly trans person to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation, says she doesn't want her gender identity to define her."Hopefully, eventually, I won't have to be ...
Rachel Levine: b. 1957 American she/her Physician, United States Assistant Secretary for Health, former Pennsylvania Physician General (2015-2017), former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health (2017–2021) [299] [300] Justine Lindsay: b. 1992 American she/her First openly transgender NFL Cheerleader [301] Alicia Liu: b. 1986 Taiwanese she/her
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Levine is assistant secretary for health in the Biden administration and the most senior transgender official in American history. She talks to Io Dodds about her contentious ...