Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr. (Detroit, Michigan, September 18, 1951) is a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, writer, and politician. He was a Republican presidential pre-candidate in 2016 and since March 2, 2017 is the current Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, being the first African American to be part of President Trump's cabinet.
In 2008, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.
He is known for performing very high-risk operations, such as the separation of German Siamese twins Patrick and Benjamin Binder in 1987, with a team of 70 people, after a period of 22 hours.
After making a widely publicized speech in 2013 during that year's National Prayer Breakfast, he became a popular conservative figure among some sectors of the political community for his views on social and political issues, 1 and ran as a pre-candidate. presidential by the Republican Party.
On December 5, 2016, then-President-elect Donald Trump nominated him as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, receiving the consent of the United States Senate, with 58 votes in favor and 41 against. On March 2, 2017, Carson received the consent after it was unanimously approved by the Committee on Banks, Housing and Urban Affairs, being one of the Trump applicants who has faced fewer difficulties in his confirmation despite the delay of his hearings. .
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