HEALTH · SC · 2024-present
Edward Simmer
State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary · South Carolina
Background
Edward Simmer served as State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary of South Carolina from 2024–present (2 years). Currently in office. Took office after Catherine Heigel. Same-year political environment (2024): Governor Henry McMaster; Attorney General Alan Wilson; Secretary of State Mark Hammond.
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Others who held this office in South Carolina
- Catherine Heigel (2017-2020)
- Eleanor Kitzman (2014-2016)
- Catherine Templeton (2011-2014)
- Earl Hunter (2001-2009)