Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Also known as Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., Robert Francis Kennedy, RFK Jr., Robert Kennedy Jr., Bobby Kennedy Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., RFK, Jr., Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator and US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of US president John F. Kennedy and US senator Ted Kennedy.

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Born: 1954
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President: Donald Trump
Deputy: Jim O'Neill
Preceded by: Xavier Becerra
Governor: Hugh Carey , Mario Cuomo
Born: Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. , ( 1954-01-17 ) January 17, 1954 (age 72) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
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Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator and US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of US president John F. Kennedy and US senator Ted Kennedy.

Kennedy began his career as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. In the mid-1980s, he joined two nonprofits focused on environmental protection: Riverkeeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). In 1986, he became an adjunct professor of environmental law at Pace University School of Law, and in 1987 he founded Pace's Environmental Litigation Clinic. In 1999, Kennedy founded the nonprofit environmental group Waterkeeper Alliance. He first ran as a member of the Democratic Party and later started an independent campaign in the 2024 presidential election, before withdrawing from the race and endorsing the Republican Party's nominee, Donald Trump.