United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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United States Cabinet position government office

The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Veterans Affairs, overseeing federal programs and services for military veterans and their families.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	11
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs canonical	6
Administrator of Veterans Affairs	1
Secretary of Veterans Affairs as Cabinet member	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21264 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Context triple: [Presidential Succession Act, definesSuccessionPosition, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]

A. United States Secretary of Defense
The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the Department of Defense and the principal defense policy advisor to the President, overseeing the nation’s armed forces and military strategy.
B. Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Navy is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing the Department of the Navy, including the Navy and Marine Corps, and managing their policies, resources, and operations.
C. Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive officer in the federal government, who also serves as President of the Senate and first in the presidential line of succession.
D. United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
E. Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Army is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing and managing all affairs of the United States Army.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Target entity description: The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Veterans Affairs, overseeing federal programs and services for military veterans and their families.

A. United States Secretary of Defense
The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the Department of Defense and the principal defense policy advisor to the President, overseeing the nation’s armed forces and military strategy.
B. Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Navy is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing the Department of the Navy, including the Navy and Marine Corps, and managing their policies, resources, and operations.
C. Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive officer in the federal government, who also serves as President of the Senate and first in the presidential line of succession.
D. United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
E. Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Army is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing and managing all affairs of the United States Army.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Cabinet position ⓘ government office ⓘ
abbreviation	SECVA ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
departmentFormed	United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	policies of the Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
heads	United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
isAccountableTo	United States Congress ⓘ
isInLineOfSuccessionTo	Presidency of the United States ⓘ
leads	United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ surface form: National Cemetery Administration United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ surface form: Veterans Benefits Administration United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ surface form: Veterans Health Administration
legalBasis	Title 38 of the United States Code ⓘ
lineOfSuccessionPosition	17 ⓘ
mayBe	civilian ⓘ military veteran ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Cabinet
nominatedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
officeCreated	1989 ⓘ
oversees	federal veterans benefits programs ⓘ veterans burial and memorial benefits ⓘ veterans disability compensation programs ⓘ veterans education benefits programs ⓘ veterans health care system ⓘ veterans home loan programs ⓘ
participatesIn	National Security Council meetings when relevant to veterans issues ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
precededByOffice	United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Administrator of Veterans Affairs
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of GI Bill benefits ⓘ administration of survivors benefits ⓘ administration of veterans pensions ⓘ administration of vocational rehabilitation for veterans ⓘ implementation of veterans policy ⓘ management of VA hospitals and clinics ⓘ services for United States military veterans ⓘ services for families of United States military veterans ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style	Madam Secretary ⓘ Mister Secretary ⓘ
symbol	Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
website	https://www.va.gov/opa/bios/secva.asp ⓘ
worksWith	Department of Defense ⓘ state veterans agencies ⓘ veterans service organizations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Succession Act → definesSuccessionPosition → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ

United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs → precededByOffice → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administrator of Veterans Affairs

United States Department of Veterans Affairs → cabinetPositionTitle → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ

Madam Secretary → appliesToPosition → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ