<page_title> United States Secretary of Transportation </page_title> <section_title> List of Secretaries of Transportation </section_title> <table> <cell> 16 <col_header> No. </col_header> <col_header> 1 </col_header> <col_header> 2 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ray H. LaHood <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> January 23, 2009 <col_header> Took office </col_header> </cell> <cell> Barack Obama <col_header> President serving under </col_header> </cell> </table>
Ray LaHood was the sixteenth United States Secretary of Transportation who took office on January 23, 2009, and served under Barack Obama.