Administrator of Veterans Affairs

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The administrator of veterans affairs was the head of the Veterans Administration, a United States government agency responsible for military veterans benefits. The administrator was appointed by the president. In 1989, the Veterans Administration was replaced by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, with the secretary of veterans affairs (a member of the cabinet) as its head. The last VA administrator, Derwinski, went on to become the first secretary of veterans affairs.

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List of officeholders

Directors of Veterans Bureau

Before the VA was established on July 21, 1930, its functions were carried out by the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The director of the Veterans' Bureau corresponds somewhat with the later position of administrator.

ImageNameStartEndPresident(s)
Cforbes.jpg Charles Forbes August 9, 1921February 28, 1923 Warren G. Harding
(1921–1923)
FrankTHinesCropped.jpg Frank Hines March 2, 1923July 21, 1930
Calvin Coolidge
(1923–1929)
Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)

Administrators of Veterans Affairs

ImageNameStartEndPresident(s)
FrankTHinesCropped.jpg Frank Hines July 21, 1930August 15, 1945 Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1933–1945)
Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
General of the Army Omar Bradley (crop).jpg Omar Bradley August 15, 1945November 30, 1947
No image.svg Carl Gray January 1, 1948June 30, 1953
No image.svg Harvey Higley July 22, 1953November 13, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
SumnerWhittier.jpg Sumner Whittier December 18, 1957January 20, 1961
No image.svg John Gleason January 30, 1961January 1, 1965 John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
William J. Driver.gif William Driver January 1, 1965May 31, 1969
Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
No image.svg Donald Johnson June 23, 1969October 12, 1974
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
RichardLRoudebush.jpg Richard Roudebush October 12, 1974January 20, 1977
Senator Max Cleland (cropped).jpg Max Cleland January 20, 1977January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
No image.svg Bob Nimmo July 15, 1981January 5, 1983 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
No image.svg Harry Walters January 5, 1983March 21, 1986
Thomas K. Turnage (2).jpg Thomas Turnage March 21, 1986January 20, 1989
Ed derwinski.jpg Ed Derwinski January 21, 1989March 15, 1989 George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)