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Alex Michael Azar II is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the 24th U.S. secretary of health and human services from 2018 to 2021. He was also chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from its inception in January 29, 2020 to February 26, 2020, when he was replaced by Vice President Mike Pence.
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Born 17 June 1967 · Q4716651
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Azar was co-defendant in a civil rights suit in the Ninth Circuit Court seeking to compel the CDC to publish mortality statistics in which COVID-19 was unequivocally the primary cause of death
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The Government of China imposed sanctions against Azar, outgoing U
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Immediately after the end of the Trump administration, China sanctioned Azar and other Trump administration officials
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Azar submitted his letter of resignation, effective January 20
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Azar announced that HHS would be releasing remaining stockpiles of vaccine to states; however, at the time of the announcement, all stockpiles had already been exhausted
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Azar returned to the private sector, focusing on healthcare consulting and advisory roles
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Was appointed a senior executive in residence at the Miami Herbert Business School at the University of Miami
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Claimed: “"Masks are important. ... The president has been clear since his April guidance on reopening the economy."” — rated Trump Hasn't Been Clear by FactCheck.org.
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Azar was the first member of the U
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Claimed: “The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revoke its emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for COVID-19 “removes a potential barrier” and makes it easier to access the drugs.” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
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Multiple media outlets reported that the White House was weighing a plan to oust Azar due to frustrations over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Azar was criticized for unpreparedness that may have accelerated the spread of the virus
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United States Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden wrote Azar to ask why employees of the HHS Administration for Children and Families were involuntarily dispatched to California to meet with quarantined tra
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Azar appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee to testify on the danger of and responses to the pandemic
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Azar declared a public health emergency
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To February 26, 2020, when he was replaced by Vice President Mike Pence
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Azar told Trump that the COVID-19 epidemic was under control
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Azar stated that the Trump administration had no plan to declare a public health emergency as the COVID-19 virus spread in China
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Azar requested that the Chinese government allow a CDC expert team into their country to help them learn more about the virus
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Regarding the potential danger from COVID-19, but that the president thought he was being "alarmist" as Azar struggled to get Trump's attention to focus on the issue
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In 2020, Azar revealed he has celiac disease while discussing a U.S.
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Azar revealed he has celiac disease while discussing a U
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FactCheck.org rated the claim ““And what we have done with the remnants of Obamacare is we’ve kept your premiums down far below what anybody would have thought, through good management, through Secretary Alex Azar.”” Misleading.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says HHS Secretary Alex Azar called family separations at the border and detention of children in cages “one of the great acts of American generosity and charity” and “is now in charge.”” Mostly False.
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And sworn in by Vice President Pence on January 29, 2018
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And the Global Health Security Strategy in 2019
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National Security Advisor John Bolton dismantled the task force charged with responsibility for planning and response to epidemics
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (2018–2021).
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President Trump announced via Twitter that he would nominate Azar to be the next secretary of health and human services
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"There will be a piece of legislation passes this year that is called the repeal of Obamacare
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Career landmark: president (2012–2017).
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Was confirmed as the deputy secretary of health and human services; he served in that capacity until his January 2007 resignation
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Azar was confirmed as the deputy secretary of Health and Human Services
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Career landmark: United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (2005–2007).
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And I want to commend them for such assistance
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“I can say that the posture of the Chinese government levels of cooperation and interaction with us is completely different from what we experienced in 2003 and I want to commend them for such assistance.”
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Azar was confirmed as general counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
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Where he served as a member of the executive committee of the Yale Law Journal
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Studied at Yale Law School, Juris Doctor (1991).
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Studied at Dartmouth College, Bachelor of Arts (1988).
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In Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the son of Lynda (Zarisky) and Alex Michael Azar Sr
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Born 1967-06-17.
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