---
type: Body
title: "Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-FEDERAL-RESERVE-CHAIRMAN"
parent: "us/executive/federal-reserve"
schedule_level: "I"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 5312 (Executive Schedule, Level I)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-office]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Cabinet-rank office (Executive Schedule Level I, 5 U.S.C. § 5312), head of the [Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System](/us/executive/federal-reserve/index.md).

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

1 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office.

- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)