Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official serving as the National Nutrition Advisor at the Department of Agriculture since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021.
- Occupation
- psychologist, neurosurgeon, politician, university teacher
- Position held
- United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 18, 1951
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