What is United States Secretary of the Treasury?
{{Infobox official post | post = United States Secretary | body = the Treasury | flag = Flag of the United States Secretary of the Treasury.svg | flagsize = 130 | flagcaption = Flag of the Secretary of the Treasury | insignia = Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury.svg | insigniasize = 120 | insigniacaption = Seal of the Department of the Treasury | image = Official portrait of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.jpg | incumbent = [[Scott Bessent]] | incumbentsince = January 28, 2025 | department = [[United States Department of the Treasury]] | style = Madam Secretary (informal)<br/>[[The Honourable#United States|The Honorable]] (formal) | member_of = [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]<br/>[[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] | reports_to = [[President of the United States]] | seat = [[Washington, D.C.]] | appointer = [[President of the United States]] | appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]] | termlength = At the pleasure of the President | constituting_instrument = {{USC|31|301}} | formation = {{start date and age|1789|9|11}} | first = [[Alexander Hamilton]] | succession = [[United States presidential line of succession|Fifth]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19|title=3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act|website=LII / Legal Information Institute}}</ref> | deputy = [[United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury]]<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|31|301}}</ref> | salary = [[Executive Schedule|Executive Schedule, Level I]]<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312}}</ref> | website = {{url|www.treasury.gov}} | acting = }} The United States '''Secretary of the Treasury''' is the head of the [[United States Department of the Treasury]]. The Secretary is concerned with ''[[finance]] and monetary matters'', and, until 2003, some issues of ''national security and [[defense (military)|defense]]''. This position in the [[Federal Government of the United