1. The position of the head of the Education Department
   "the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979";
   - Secretary of Education
    
2. The person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education
   "Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Education Secretary";
   - Secretary of Education

Type of: secretary, secretaryship

Part of: United States Cabinet, US Cabinet

Encyclopedia: Education Secretary