The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural resources, leading such agencies as the

Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ...

, the United States Geological Survey,

Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and A ...

and the National Park Service. The secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation Board. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet and reports to the president of the United States. The function of the U.S. Department of the Interior is different from that of the

interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

designated in many other countries. As the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the Western United States, the secretary of the interior has typically come from a western state; only one secretary since 1949, Rogers Morton, was not a resident or native of a state lying west of the Mississippi River. Secretary of the Interior is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021. Following senate confirmation, former U.S. representative Deb Haaland was sworn in as the secretary of the interior, the first Native American to hold the position.

Line of succession

The line of succession for the secretary of interior is as follows: # Deputy Secretary of the Interior #Solicitor of the Interior #Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget #Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management #Assistant Secretary for Water and Science #Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks #Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs #Director, Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement, Bureau of Reclamation #Central Region Director, US Geological Survey #Intermountain Regional Director, National Park Service #Region 6 (Mountain-Prairie Region) Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service #Colorado State Director,

#Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region

List of secretaries of the interior

; Parties (3) (17) (33) ; Status

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