Xavier Becerra is an American politician and lawyer. He is serving as the 33rd and current Attorney General of California since 2017. It was reported in December 2020 that President-elect Joe Biden nominated Becerra to be the US Secretary of Health and Human Services. Previously from 1993 to 2017, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Downtown Los Angeles in Congress. He is a member of the Democratic Party.