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Don J. Wright
Don J. Wright
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; Acting
	In office; September 29, 2017 – October 10, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Colleen Barros (Acting)
Preceded by	Tom Price
Succeeded by	Eric Hargan
United States Assistant Secretary for Health; Acting
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 10, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Karen DeSalvo (Acting)
	In office; September 4, 2007 – March 28, 2008
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	John O. Agwunobi
Succeeded by	Joxel García
Personal details
Born	Texas, United States
Education	Texas Tech University, Lubbock (BS); University of Texas, Austin (MD); Medical College of Wisconsin (MPH)

Don J. Wright is an American physician and government official. He is the current acting United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. Wright was designated by Donald Trump after his predecessor, Tom Price, resigned on September 29, 2017.^[2]

From 2003 to 2007, Wright was Director of the Office of Occupational Medicine for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).^[1]

Wright was replaced by Eric Hargan as the new acting Health Secretary by President Trump on October 10, 2017.^[3]

Wright started at HHS in 2007, as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health. In 2009, he became Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Care Quality, and in 2012, he was named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.^[4]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Don Wright, M.D., M.P.H." blogs.cdc.gov. June 28, 2016. Archived from the original on September 30, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
↑ Goldstein, Amy; Wagner, John (2017-09-29). "Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigns after criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
↑ "Trump Announces Eric Hargan as Acting HHS Secretary". KTLA. October 10, 2017. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
↑ Valencia, Robert (September 29, 2017). "Tom Price is out, so it's time to get to know new HHS Secretary Don Wright". Newsweek. Retrieved September 30, 2017.

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[:1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Don Wright, M.D., M.P.H." blogs.cdc.gov. June 28, 2016. Archived from the original on September 30, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.

[:0-2] Goldstein, Amy; Wagner, John (2017-09-29). "Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigns after criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-09-29.

[3] "Trump Announces Eric Hargan as Acting HHS Secretary". KTLA. October 10, 2017. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[4] Valencia, Robert (September 29, 2017). "Tom Price is out, so it's time to get to know new HHS Secretary Don Wright". Newsweek. Retrieved September 30, 2017.

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