US Secretary Of Commerce
The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce and is concerned with the business industry.1 This Department's mission is 'to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce.'1 Before 1938, the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce were joined making the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.1
Barack Obama did not announce a candidate for the Secretary of Commerce so the current US Secretary of Commerce is Carlos Gutierrez.1 The most recent former Secretary of Commerce was Donald Evans under George W. Bush.1
The position of Secretary of Commerce is currently ineligible for the line of presidential succession.