Back Amerikanske generalpostmestre Danish United States Postmaster General German United States Postmaster General English Director General del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos Spanish Yhdysvaltain ylipostimestari Finnish Postmaster General des États-Unis French המנהל הכללי של דואר ארצות הברית HE Direttore generale delle poste degli Stati Uniti d'America Italian アメリカ合衆国郵政長官 Japanese Lijst van Amerikaanse ministers van Posterijen Dutch
The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin was appointed by the Continental Congress as the first Postmaster General, serving slightly longer than 15 months.
In 1971, the United States Post Office Department was re-organized into the United States Postal Service, a special agency independent of the executive branch. Thus, the Postmaster General is no longer a member of the Cabinet and is no longer in line to be President.