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{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
| body = the United States
| insignia = Seal of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.svg
| insigniasize = 100
| insigniacaption = Seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs
| flag = Flag of the United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.svg
| flagsize = 130
| flagcaption = Flag of the deputy secretary
| image = Bradsher-scaled.webp
| incumbent = [[Tanya J. Bradsher]]
| incumbentsince = September 20, 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://department.va.gov/staff-biographies/tanya-bradsher/ | title=Tanya Bradsher - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs }}</ref>
| acting = 
| department = [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]]
| style = Madam Deputy Secretary
| member_of = 
| reports_to = [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]
| seat = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| appointer = The [[President of the United States|president]]
| appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]]
| termlength = No fixed term
| constituting_instrument = 
| formation = March 17, 1989
| first = [[Anthony Principi|Anthony Joseph Principi]]
| succession = 
| deputy = 
| salary = [[Executive Schedule|Executive Schedule, level II]]
| website = {{URL|www.va.gov}}
}}

The '''deputy secretary of veterans affairs''', in the United States government, is the chief operating officer of the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]], responsible for a nationwide system of health care services, benefits programs, and national cemeteries for America's veterans and their dependents.<ref name="Gould">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/va-deputy-secretary-scott-gould-departs-friday/2013/05/15/bcd5c512-bd6c-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_blog.html |title=VA deputy secretary Scott Gould departs Friday |date=2013-05-15 |author1=Al Kamen |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref>
The deputy secretary is the second-highest-ranking officer in the department and succeeds the [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|secretary]] in the event of his resignation, death, or otherwise inability to fulfill his duties.<ref>{{cite web | title=Memorandum for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs | url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030212-11.html | access-date=September 24, 2007}}</ref>

The deputy secretary is appointed by the president and confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{usc2|38|304|Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs}}. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref> The position was created with the creation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in October 1988.<ref>{{cite web| title=Search Results – THOMAS (Library of Congress)| url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d100:1:./temp/~bdwNCZ:@@@L&summ2=m&%7c/bss/d100query.html| access-date=September 24, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[Tanya J. Bradsher]] is the current deputy secretary, replacing [[Donald Remy]] on a permanent basis, effective September 20, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-announces-transition-of-deputy-secretary-donald-remy/ |title=VA Announces Transition of Deputy Secretary Donald Remy |date=2023-03-01 |publisher=United States Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=2023-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tanya Bradsher - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |url=https://department.va.gov/staff-biographies/tanya-bradsher/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==List of deputy secretaries of veterans affairs==
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!rowspan="2"| Portrait
!rowspan="2"| Name
!colspan="2"| Term  of office
!rowspan="2"| President(s) served under
|-
! Start
! End
|-
! 1
| [[File:Anthony Principi.jpg|60px]]
| [[Anthony Principi|Anthony Joseph Principi]] {{ref|act|#}}
| March 17, 1989<ref name="AP">{{cite web | author=White House | title=Anthony Principi Secretary of Veterans Affairs 2001–2005 | url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/principi-bio.html | access-date=September 24, 2005 | quote=  Mr. Principi served as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA's second-highest executive position, from March 17, 1989, to September 26, 1992, when he was named Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs by President George Bush. }}</ref>
| September 26, 1992<ref name="AP"/>
| [[George H. W. Bush]]
|-
! 2
| [[File:Gober sm.jpg|60px]]
| [[Hershel W. Gober|Hershel Wayne Gober]] {{ref|act|#}}
| February 4, 1993<ref name="VABio">US Department of Veterans Affairs. [http://www.appc1.va.gov/pressrel/gober.htm  The Honorable Hershel W. Gober] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040129181305/http://www.appc1.va.gov/pressrel/gober.htm |date=January 29, 2004 }}. July 2000. Accessed January 15, 2008. "He had served as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs since being sworn in by President Clinton on February 4, 1993."</ref>
| August 10, 2000<ref name="powell">US Department of Veterans Affairs. [http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=207  Ned Powell Named Acting VA Deputy Secretary]. August 9, 2000. Accessed January 15, 2008. "President Clinton has appointed Edward A. (Ned) Powell, Jr., as the Acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)."</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[Bill Clinton]]
|-
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | –
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | [[Image:Powell ed.jpg|60px]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | [[Edward A. Powell, Jr.|Edward A. "Ned" Powell, Jr.]] (acting)
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | August 10, 2000<ref name="powell"/>
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | January 20, 2001<ref name="WS">Cahoon. Ben. [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/USA_govt.html#Veterans Department of Veterans Affairs]. WorldStatesmen.org. Accessed January 15, 2008.</ref>
|-
! 3
| [[File:MackayLeo.jpg|60px]]
| [[Leo Mackay, Jr.|Leo S. Mackay, Jr.]]
| May 24, 2001<ref name="Mackaybio">US Department of Veterans Affairs. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.va.gov/biographies/Mackay.htm |date=* |title=Leo S. Mackay, Jr., PhD }}. January 2002. Accessed January 16, 2008. "Leo S. Mackay Jr., PhD, was nominated to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs on April 30, 2001, and was confirmed by the Senate on May 24."</ref>
| September 30, 2003<ref name="Mackayresigns">US Department of Veterans Affairs. [http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=658 Dr. Leo Mackay Steps Down as VA Deputy Secretary] November 15, 2003. Accessed January 16, 2008. "Dr. Leo S. Mackay Jr. announced his resignation today as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), effective September 30."</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[George W. Bush]]
|-
! 4
| [[File:Gordon H. Mansfield.jpg|60px]]
| [[Gordon H. Mansfield]] {{ref|act|#}}
| January 22, 2004<ref name="GHM">US Department of Veterans Affairs. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071009010258/http://www1.va.gov/opa/bios/biography.asp?id=30 VA Official Biography The Honorable Gordon H. Mansfield]. November 2006. Accessed January 16, 2008. "Mr. Mansfield was nominated to serve as Deputy Secretary by President George W. Bush on November 3, 2003, and confirmed by the Senate on January 22, 2004."</ref>
| January 20, 2009
|-
! 5
| [[File:W. Scott Gould official portrait.jpg|60px]] 
| [[W. Scott Gould]]
| April 9, 2009<ref>{{cite press release | title=Gould Sworn in as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs | publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs | url=http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1665 | date=April 9, 2009 | access-date=April 26, 2009 | quote=W. Scott Gould, a retired naval reservist and senior executive with experience in the Federal government and the private sector, has taken the oath of office as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416022114/http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1665 | archive-date=April 16, 2009 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| May 17, 2013<ref name="Gould"/>
| rowspan="2"| [[Barack Obama]]
|-
! 6
| [[File:Sloan Gibson.jpg|60px]]
| [[Sloan D. Gibson]] {{ref|act|#}}
| February 11, 2014<ref name="gibson">{{cite web | title=Sloan D. Gibson | publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs | url=http://www.va.gov/opa/bios/bio_gibson.asp | date=February 11, 2014 | access-date=February 11, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221100427/http://va.gov/opa/bios/bio_gibson.asp | archive-date=February 21, 2014 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| January 20, 2017
|- 
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | –
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | [[File:Gina S. Farrisee.jpg|60px]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | [[Gina Farrisee]] (acting)
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | January 20, 2017
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | February 25, 2017
| rowspan=6 | [[Donald Trump]]
|-
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | –
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | [[File:Scott Blackburn.jpg|60px]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | [[Scott Blackburn]] (acting)
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | February 26, 2017
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | August 9, 2017
|-
! 7
| [[File:Thomas G. Bowman official photo (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Thomas G. Bowman]]
| August 10, 2017
| June 15, 2018
|-
!rowspan=2 | 8
|rowspan=2 | [[File:James Byrne official photo (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|rowspan=2 | [[James Byrne (lawyer)|James Byrne]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | August 28, 2018
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA | September 16, 2019
|-
| September 16, 2019
| February 3, 2020
|-
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | –
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | [[File:Pamela.powers.jpg|60px]]
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | [[Pamela J. Powers]] (acting)
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | April 2, 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pamela J. Powers - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs|url=https://www.va.gov/opa/bios/bio_powers.asp|website=www.va.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | January 20, 2021
|-
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | –
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | [[File:Carolyn Clancy, MD.jpg|60px]]
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | [[Carolyn Clancy]] (acting)
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | January 20, 2021
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | July 19, 2021
| rowspan="4" |[[Joe Biden]]
|- 
! 9
| [[File:Donald-Remy-VA (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Donald Remy]]
| July 19, 2021
| April 1, 2023
|-
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | –
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | [[File:Guy T. Kiyokawa, VA Assistant Secretary.jpg|60px]]
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | [[Guy Kiyokawa]] (acting)
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | April 1, 2023
|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" | September 19, 2023
|-
|10
|[[File:Bradsher-scaled.webp|75x75px]]
|[[Tanya J. Bradsher]]
|September 20, 2023
|''Incumbent''
|}

==References==
{{note|act}}Acted as Secretary during their tenure. See the [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs#List of secretaries of veterans affairs|list of secretaries]] for dates.
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