HEALTH · NC · 2009-2012
Lanier Cansler
State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary · Republican · North Carolina
Background
Lanier Cansler (Republican) was North Carolina's State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary 2009–2012 (3 years). Took office after Dempsey Benton; succeeded by Aldona Wos. Same-year political environment (2009): Governor Bev Perdue; Attorney General Roy Cooper; Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
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Others who held this office in North Carolina
- Devdutta Sangvai (2025-present)
- Kody Kinsley (2022-2025)
- Mandy Cohen (2017-2022)
- Rick Brajer (2015-2017)
- Aldona Wos (2013-2015)
- Dempsey Benton (2007-2009)
- Carmen Hooker Odom (2001-2007)