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Head of the United States Federal Reserve System

The chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the Federal Reserve, and is the active executive officer of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The chairman presides at meetings of the Board. The current chairman is Jerome Powell, who was sworn in on February 5, 2018. He was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump on November 2, 2017, and later confirmed by the Senate. He was subsequently nominated to a second term by President Joe Biden, later confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on May 23, 2022.

As stipulated by the Banking Act of 1935, the president may designate to serve as Chairman of the Board for four year terms with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among the sitting governors. The Senate Committee responsible for vetting a Federal Reserve chair nominee is the Senate Committee on Banking.

By law, at meetings of the Board the chairman shall preside, and, in his absence, the vice chairman shall preside. In the absence of the chairman and the vice chairman, the Board shall elect a member to act as chairman pro tempore. Under the chairman's leadership, the Board's responsibilities include analysis of domestic and international financial and economic developments. The board also supervises and regulates the Federal Reserve Banks, exercises responsibility in the nation's payments system, and administers consumer credit protection laws. By custom, one of the chairman's most important duties is to serve as the chair of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which is critical in setting short term U. S. monetary policy. However, the chair of the FOMC is elected at the first meeting of each year, and while the chair of the Board of Governors has always been chosen there is no legal obligation for this to be the case. By law, the chairman reports twice a year to Congress on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy objectives. He or she also testifies before Congress on numerous other financial issues and meets periodically with the treasury secretary, who is a member of the president's Cabinet.

The following is a list of past and present chairs of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. A chair serves for a four year term after appointment, but may be reappointed for several consecutive four year terms. Since the Federal Reserve was established in 1914, the following people have served as chair. PortraitNameTerm of officeTenure lengthAppointed byStart of termEnd of term December 23, 1913August 10, 19140 years, 135 daysex officio1August 10, 1914August 9, 19161 years, 1 daysWoodrow Wilson2August 10, 1916August 9, 19225 years, 1 days3May 1, 1923September 15, 19274 years, 137 daysWarren G. Harding4October 4, 1927August 31, 19302 years, 34 daysCalvin Coolidge5September 16, 1930May 10, 19332 years, 129 daysHerbert Hoover6May 19, 1933August 15, 19341 years, 88 daysFranklin D. Roosevelt7November 15, 1934January 31, 194813 years, 289 days8April 15, 1948March 31, 19512 years, 15 daysHarry S. Truman9April 2, 1951January 31, 197018 years, 61 daysHarry S. TrumanDwight D. EisenhowerJohn F. KennedyLyndon B. Johnson10February 1, 1970January 31, 19787 years, 1 daysRichard Nixon11March 8, 1978August 6, 19791 years, 151 daysJimmy Carter12August 6, 1979August 11, 19878 years, 5 daysJimmy CarterRonald Reagan13August 11, 1987January 31, 200618 years, 192 daysRonald ReaganGeorge H. W. BushBill ClintonGeorge W. Bush14February 1, 2006January 31, 20147 years, 1 daysGeorge W. BushBarack Obama15February 3, 2014February 3, 20184 years, 0 daysBarack ObamaDonald Trump16February 5, 2018IncumbentDonald TrumpJoe Biden