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{{Short description|United States government position}}
{{Infobox US Cabinet
| post = Deputy Secretary of Energy
| insignia = Seal of the United States Department of Energy.svg
| insigniasize = 120
| insigniacaption = Seal of the U. S. Department of Energy
| image = David Turk official photo (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[David Turk]]
| incumbentsince = March 25, 2021
| department = [[United States Department of Energy]]
| member_of = [[United States Department of Energy|U. S. Department of Energy]]
| reports_to = [[United States Secretary of Energy|U. S. Secretary of Energy]]
| seat = [[Washington, D.C.]], United States
| appointer = [[President of the United States|The President]]
| appointer_qualified = 
| termlength = 
| constituting_instrument = 
| formation = 
| first = 
| succession = 
| deputy = 
| salary = 
| website = {{url|www.energy.gov}}
}}

The '''deputy secretary of energy''' is a high-ranking position within the [[United States Department of Energy]]. The Deputy Secretary is the second-highest-ranking official of the Department and assists the [[United States Secretary of Energy|secretary of energy]] in the supervision and direction of the Department. The Deputy Secretary succeeds the Secretary in their absence, sickness, or unavailability.

The Deputy Secretary is appointed by the President with the consent of the [[United States Senate]] to serve at the request of the President. 

The current Deputy Secretary is [[David Turk]] who was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 98–2 on March 24, 2021.

== History ==
The position of deputy secretary of energy was formed on October 1, 1977, with the creation of the Department of Energy when President [[Jimmy Carter]] signed the Department of Energy Organization Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.energy.gov/about/origins.htm|title=Origins|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Energy]]|access-date=2007-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712133033/http://energy.gov/about/origins.htm|archive-date=2007-07-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

== Deputy secretaries of energy ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!No.
!Image
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
|-
|1
|[[File:Blank.png|60px]]
|{{sortname|John F.|O'Leary}}<ref>{{citation|url=http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/Summary_History.pdf|title=Department of Energy 1997-1994, a summary history|author1=Terrence R. Fehner|author2=Jack M. Hall}}</ref>
|{{dts|1977|October|21}}
|{{dts|1979|September|30}}
|-
|2
|[[File:Blank.png|60px]]
|{{sortname|John C.|Sawhill}}
|{{dts|1979|October|4}}
|{{dts|1980|October|8}}
|-
|3
|[[File:Blank.png|60px]]
|[[Lynn Coleman]]
|{{dts|1980|December|23}}
|{{dts|1981|January|20}}
|-
|4
|[[File:Blank.png|60px]]
|[[W. Kenneth Davis]]
|{{dts|1981|May|14}}
|{{dts|1983|January|13}}
|-
|5
|[[File:Danny Boggs Circuit Judge.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Danny J.|Boggs}}
|{{dts|1983|November|3}}
|{{dts|1986|March|25}}
|-
|6
|[[File:William Flynn Martin Photo.jpg|60px]]
|[[William Flynn Martin]]
|{{dts|1986|June|6}}
|{{dts|1988|June|6}}
|-
|7
|[[File:Blank.png|60px]]
|[[Joseph F. Salgado]]
|{{dts|1988|May|21}}
|{{dts|1989|January|20}}
|-
|8
|[[File:W. Henson Moore III (DOE-1991).jpeg|60px]]
|{{sortname|W. Henson|Moore}}
|{{dts|1989|April|12}}
|{{dts|1992|January|31}}
|-
|9
|[[File:Linda Stuntz (49593044853).jpg|60px]]
|[[Linda Stuntz]]
|{{dts|1992|January|31}}
|{{dts|1993|January|22}}
|-
|10
|[[File:Bill White for Texas (41591).jpg|60px]]
|[[Bill White (Texas politician)|William H. White]]
|{{dts|1993|June|26}}
|{{dts|1995|January|20}}
|-
|11
|[[File:Charles B Curtis DOE web.jpg|60px]]
|[[Charles B. Curtis]] 
| August 1995
| May 1997
|-
|12
|[[File:Blank.png|60px]]
|[[Betsy Moler]]
|1997
|2001
|-
|13
|[[File:Blank.png|60px]]
|[[Frank Blake]]
|{{dts|2001|June|1}}
|{{dts|2002|April|}}
|-
|14
|[[File:Kyle McSlarrow portrait.jpg|60px]]
|[[Kyle E. McSlarrow]]
|{{dts|2002|November|27}}
|{{dts|2005|February}}
|-
|15
|[[File:Clay Sell portrait.jpg|60px]]
|[[Clay Sell]]
|{{dts|2005|March|17}}
|{{dts|2008|February|29}}
|-
| –
|[[File:Jeffrey Kupfer.jpg|60px]]
|[[Jeffrey Kupfer]]<br><small>Acting</small>
|{{dts|2008|March|1}}
|{{dts|2009|January|20}}
|-
|17
|[[File:Daniel Poneman official portrait.jpg|60px]]
|[[Daniel Poneman]]
|{{dts|2009|May|18}}
|{{dts|2014|October|5}}
|-
|18
|[[File:Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall.jpg|60px]]
|[[Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall]]
|{{dts|2014|October|10}}
|{{dts|2017|January|20}}
|-
|19
|[[File:Dan Brouillette official photo (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Dan Brouillette]]
|{{dts|2017|August|08}}
|{{dts|2019|December|04}}
|-
|rowspan=2 |20
|rowspan=2 |[[File:Mark Menezes official photo.jpg|60px]]
|rowspan=2 |[[Mark Menezes]]
|{{dts|2019|December|04}} (Acting)
|{{dts|2020|August|04}} (Acting)
|-
|{{dts|2020|August|04}}
|{{dts|2021|January|20}}
|-
|21
|[[File:David Turk official photo (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[David Turk]]
|{{dts|2021|March|25}}
|''Present''
|-
|}

== References ==
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