United States Secretary of Defense

United States Secretary of Defense
Seal of the Secretary of Defense
Flag of the Secretary of Defense
Incumbent Unii_y since December 10th, 2023
United States Department of Defense
Style	Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Abbreviation	SECDEF
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council
Reports to	President of the United States
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	President of the United States with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	December 30, 2012 (10 years ago)
First holder	Baxterknight
Succession	Sixth

List of secretaries of defense

N/A under number denotes acting Secretary of Defense .

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Term	President(s)
1.	izaak136	12/30/12	3/17/13	77 days	Nightgaladeld
2.	GuanGuapo	3/17/13	5/29/13	73 days
3.	Amashiro	5/29/13	7/12/13	44 days	Nightgaladeld Moolah60
4.	LadyMoo	7/12/13	8/29/13	48 days	Moolah60
5.	RedaeLegaR (LadyMoo)	8/29/13	12/7/13	100 days	Marinio
6.	LadyMoo	12/7/13	1/26/14	50 days	Marinio Lumidas
7.	Tormentium	1/26/14	4/9/14	73 days	Lumidas Zeyad567
8.	JamesMountbatten	4/9/14	5/24/14	45 days	Zeyad567
9.	LostInfinity	5/24/14	8/15/14	83 days	Zeyad567 Lumidas
9.	LostInfinity	5/24/14	8/15/14	83 days	Zeyad567 Lumidas
10.	JohnJamesCollins	8/15/14	10/1/14	47 days	Lumidas Aerium
11.	IcySound	10/1/14	11/29/14	49 days	Aerium
12.	Bill52600	11/29/14	1/21/15	53 days	Aerium Pathwaysbball
13.	Ms_ashley	1/21/15	3/8/15	46 days	Jcmand Lumidas
14.	DeviousQueen	3/8/15	6/2/15	86 days	Lumidas
15.	Golfgames1	6/2/15	8/8/15	67 days	Lumidas Zeyad567
16.	JeremyBentham	8/8/15	9/28/15	48 days	Zeyad567
17.	TerenceWalsh	9/28/15	3/22/16	179 days	Zeyad567 Suddenrush12G
18.	JackRockwell	3/22/16	6/5/16	75 days	Suddenrush12G
19.	WilliamWellesley	6/5/16	7/25/16	50 days
N/A	MasonRockefeller	7/25/16	7/30/16	5 days
20.	Lumidas	7/30/16	8/13/16	14 days
21.	MasonRockefeller	8/13/16	9/11/16	29 days
22.	Aerium	9/11/16	1/21/17	132 days
23.	Roy_petraeus	1/21/17	2/10/17	20 days	TheySinned
Office vacant, 2/10/17-2/13/17
24.	Roy_petraeus	2/13/17	3/22/17	37 days	TheySinned Rapidaax
25.	BrandonRenzi	3/22/17	4/16/17	25 days	Rapidaax Sufferpoop
26.	DeviousQueen	4/16/17	5/18/17	32 days	Sufferpoop
27.	Clair_sm	5/18/17	6/11/17	24 days	Sufferpoop Blastatack
28.	Tormentium	6/11/17	7/21/17	40 days	Blastatack
29.	DavidAxelrod	7/21/17	9/13/17	54 days	SurpriseParty
30.	Roy_petraeus	9/13/17	9/23/17	10 days
31.	Clair_sm	9/23/17	11/16/17	54 days	SurpriseParty SheldonParty
32.	Aescies	11/16/17	12/30/17	44 days	SheldonParty
33.	SurpriseParty	12/30/17	1/28/18	29 days
34.	Andrew_Carpenter	1/28/18	1/30/18	2 days
35.	CLTN	1/30/18	3/30/18	59 days	TimGeithner
36.	iBuzBae	3/30/18	7/21/18	113 days
37.	Isner	7/21/18	7/25/18	4 days	BernardCaldwell
38.	Clair_sm	7/25/18	7/27/18	2 days	BernardCaldwell Lordsightss
39.	SurpriseParty	7/29/18	8/16/18	18 days	Lordsightss
40.	DavidAxelrod	8/16/18	10/2/18	47 days
41.	CLTN	10/2/18	11/6/18	35 days
N/A	WilliamMontagu	11/6/18	11/9/18	3 days
42.	DavidAxelrod	11/9/18	11/22/18	13 days	Lordsightss Frosty_TheSn0wman
43.	AfricanParty	1/22/19	2/24/19	33 days
44.	VerzaiGaviria	2/24/19	3/21/19	25 days
45.	Mr_Anomalywza	3/21/19	4/20/19	30 days
46.	RobertTHarrison	4/20/19	7/21/19	91 days
47.	WillAshford	7/21/19	10/11/19	82 days
48.	Travis_Kabob	10/11/19	10/30/19	19 days
49.	CharlesMontagu	10/30/19	11/21/19	22 days
50.	Lordsightss	1/21/19	1/26/20	371 days
51.	WaIterMondaIe	1/26/20	2/19/20	24 days
52.	VerzaiGaviria	2/19/20	3/21/20	31 days
53.	KaceyMontagu	3/21/20	4/15/20	25 days
54.	iBuzBae	4/15/20	7/21/20	97 days
55.	Shah_khaled	7/21/20	8/30/20	40 days
56.	AfricanParty	8/30/20	10/4/20	35 days
57.	TulsiMontagu	10/4/20	11/21/20	48 days
58.	ThomasLaRusso	11/21/20	1/9/21	49 days
59.	CharlesMontagu	1/9/21	1/17/21	8 days
60.	TulsiMontagu	1/17/21	1/27/21	10 days
61.	Aaron_Shore	1/27/21	1/30/21	3 days
62.	ChangesInLatitudes	1/30/21	2/9/21	10 days
N/A	Disn_Ize	2/9/21	2/11/21	2 days
N/A	Lydxia	2/11/21	2/12/21	1 day
63.	Disn_Ize	2/12/21	3/1/21	17 days
64.	Aaron_Shore	3/1/21	3/21/21	20 days
65.	BenedictoKydoimos	3/21/21	4/2/21	12 days
66.	Aaron_Shore	4/2/21	4/20/21	18 days
67	Calgacos	4/20/21	7/8/21	79 days
N/A	GameLab2017	7/8/21	7/16/21	8 days
N/A	GeorgeRockfeller	7/16/21	7/21/21	5 days
68.	Koolthing	7/21/21	10/4/21	75 days
69	BlueKillerForever	10/4/21	12/28/21	85 days
FURLOUGHED 12/28/21-6/27/22
70.	Aaron_Shore	6/27/22	8/8/22	42 days
71.	BayanihanFilipino	8/8/22	8/25/22	17 days
72.	At0micghost	8/25/22	9/12/22	18 days
VACANT 9/12/22-9/27/22
N/A	ChealseAcacia	9/27/22	10/30/22	33 days
73.	ChangesInLatitudes	10/30/22	11/14/22	15 days
74.	Lydxia	11/14/22	12/18/22	34 days
75.	TacticaIOwen	12/18/22	1/18/23	31 days
76.	Hankwim55	1/18/23	7/8/23	171 days
N/A	TacticalSilent	7/8/23	7/15/23	7 days
77.	KooIThing	7/15/23	7/23/23	8 days
78.	Peepfanz	8/15/23	10/1/23	47 days	UnitedGPT
79.	Jsjsjbsd	10/1/23	INCUMBENT	71 days (12/11/23)	UnitedGPT Akacoolguy96GPT