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{{Infobox US Cabinet
| post = Deputy Secretary of Commerce
| body = the United States of America
| flag = Flag of the United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce.svg
| flagsize = 110
| flagcaption = Flag of the Deputy Secretary of Commerce
| insignia = Seal of the United States Department of Commerce.svg
| insigniasize = 120
| insigniacaption = Seal of the Department of Commerce
| image = DonGravesOfficialPortrait (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Don Graves]]
| incumbentsince = May 14, 2021
| acting = no
| department = [[United States Department of Commerce]]
| member_of = U.S. Department of Commerce
| reports_to = [[United States Secretary of Commerce]]
| seat = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
|appointer = The [[President of the United States]]
|appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]]
| termlength = 
| constituting_instrument = 
| formation = January 26, 1977
| first = [[Sidney Harman]]
| succession = 
| deputy = 
| salary = 
| website = {{URL|http://www.commerce.gov/|www.Commerce.gov}}
}} The '''deputy secretary of commerce''' is a high-ranking position within the [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]]. It was created on December 13, 1979, when President [[Jimmy Carter]] sent a letter to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] and nominated [[Luther H. Hodges Jr.]], who then currently held the title of [[United States Under Secretary of Commerce|under secretary of commerce]]. The deputy secretary serves as the department’s chief operating officer, with responsibility for the day-to-day management of its approximately $11.4 billion budget, 13 operating units, and 46,000 employees. In that capacity, the deputy secretary is also a member of the [[President’s Management Council]]. The current deputy secretary is [[Don Graves]], who was sworn in on May 14, 2021.
==History==
The deputy secretary serves as the principal deputy of the [[secretary of commerce]] in all matters affecting the department and performs continuing and special duties as the secretary may assign including, as may be specified by the secretary, the exercise of policy direction and general supervision over operating units not placed under other Secretarial Officers or other Department officials. In addition, the deputy secretary acts as secretary if the secretary has died, resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of secretary.

[[Rebecca M. Blank]] was the deputy secretary of commerce until she stepped down on May 31, 2013. She was confirmed by unanimous consent by the U.S. Senate in March 2012. She had been serving as acting deputy secretary since November 18, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.commerce.gov/about-commerce/commerce-leadership/acting-deputy-secretary|publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] | title=Rebecca M. Blank, Acting Deputy Secretary of Commerce | access-date=2011-03-22}}</ref> She replaced [[Dennis Hightower|Dennis F. Hightower]], who was deputy secretary of commerce from August 2009 to August 2010.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.commerce.gov/NewsRoom/PressReleases_FactSheets/PROD01_008269 | publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] | title=Dennis F. Hightower Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Commerce | access-date=2009-08-21 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814115924/http://www.commerce.gov/NewsRoom/PressReleases_FactSheets/PROD01_008269 | archive-date=2009-08-14 }}</ref>

[[Patrick D. Gallagher]] was appointed acting deputy secretary on June 1, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.commerce.gov/about-commerce/commerce-leadership/patrick-gallagher|title = Leadership}}</ref> [[Bruce H. Andrews]] was confirmed as the next deputy secretary on July 24, 2014.
==List of deputy secretaries of commerce==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Image
!Name
!Term began
!Term ended
![[President of the United States|President(s)]] served under
|-
|1
|
|[[Sidney Harman]]
|January 26, 1977
|August 28, 1980
| rowspan="2" |[[Jimmy Carter]]
|-
|2
|[[File:Blank.png|80px]]
|[[Luther H. Hodges Jr.]]
|September 8, 1980
|January 20, 1981
|-
|3
|[[File:Joseph Robert Wright, Jr.jpg|80px]]
|[[Joseph Robert Wright Jr.]]
|January 29, 1981
|August 23, 1982
| rowspan="4" |[[Ronald Reagan]]
|-
|4
|[[File:Blank.png|80px]]
|[[Guy W. Fiske]]
|August 24, 1982
|May 20, 1983
|-
|5
|[[File:Bud Brown 97th Congress 1981.jpg|80px]]
|[[Bud Brown (politician)|Bud Brown]]
|May 20, 1983
|July 12, 1988
|-
|6
|[[File:Blank.png|80px]]
|[[Donna F. Tuttle]]
|July 12, 1988
|January 20, 1989
|-
|7
|[[File:Thomas J. Murrin (cropped).jpg|80px]]
|[[Thomas J. Murrin]]
|February 11, 1989
|April 17, 1991
| rowspan="2" |[[George H. W. Bush]]
|-
|8
|[[File:Rockwell A. Schnabel.png|80px]]
|[[Rockwell A. Schnabel]]
|April 25, 1991
|January 20, 1993
|-
|9
|[[File:David J. Barram.jpg|80px]]
|[[David J. Barram]]
|January 27, 1993
|May 14, 1996
| rowspan="2" |[[Bill Clinton]]
|-
|10
|[[File:MallettRobert.jpg|80px]]
|[[Robert L. Mallett]]
|May 14, 1997
|January 20, 2001
|-
|11
|[[File:Samuel Bodman.jpg|80px]]
|[[Samuel Bodman]]
|January 22, 2001
|July 16, 2004
| rowspan="5" |George W. Bush
|-
|12
|[[File:Theodore W Kassinger.jpg|80px]]
|[[Theodore Kassinger]]
|August 20, 2004
|July 21, 2005
|-
|13
|[[File:Dr Sampson R.jpg|80px]]
|[[David A. Sampson]]
|July 25, 2005
|August 30, 2007
|-
| rowspan="2" |14
| rowspan="2" |[[File:John J Sullivan.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[John J. Sullivan (diplomat)|John J. Sullivan]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |September 1, 2007
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |March 14, 2008
|-
|March 14, 2008
|January 20, 2009
|-
|15
|[[File:DennisHightower.jpg|80px]]
|[[Dennis Hightower]]
|August 11, 2009
|August 27, 2010
| rowspan="5" |[[Barack Obama]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |16
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Rebecca Blank official portrait.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Rebecca Blank]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |November 28, 2010
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |March 29, 2012
|-
|March 29, 2012
|June 1, 2013
|-
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |–
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[File:Patrick D. Gallagher official photo.jpg|80px]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Patrick D. Gallagher]]<small>Acting</small>
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |June 1, 2013
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |July 24, 2014
|-
|17
|[[File:Bruce Andrews.jpg|80px]]
|[[Bruce H. Andrews]]
|July 24, 2014
|January 20, 2017
|-
| rowspan="2" |18
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Karen Dunn Kelley.png|80px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Karen Dunn Kelley]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |September 22, 2017
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |November 28, 2018
| rowspan="2" |[[Donald Trump]]
|-
|November 28, 2018
|January 20, 2021
|-
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |–
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[File:Wynn Coggins US Commerce Dept.jpg|80px]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Wynn Coggins]]<small>Acting</small>
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |March 3, 2021
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |May 14, 2021
| rowspan="2" |[[Joe Biden]]
|-
|19
|[[File:DonGravesOfficialPortrait.jpg|80px]]
|[[Don Graves]]
|May 14, 2021
|''Incumbent''
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.commerce.gov/bios/sampson_bio.htm The official biography of Sampson, the former Deputy Secretary]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929201638/http://204.193.232.34/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?204:112:ca6ff65e72b6f38e4fe42ea2ba9cf9358ad6df26eae063a68a6e8f420a9ac897:245 The mission and organization of the Department of Commerce, in which the Deputy Secretary's functions and duties are listed]
*[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011229-3.html Executive order on the line of succession for the Secretary of Commerce]
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