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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Ben Carson
| image               = Ben Carson official portrait.jpg
| office              = 17th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
| president           = [[Donald Trump]]
| term_start          = March 2, 2017
| term_end            = January 20, 2021
| predecessor         = [[Julian Castro]]
| successor           = [[Marcia Fudge]]
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] {{small|(1981–1999;<br>2014–present)}}<ref>Solomon, John.  [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/4/ben-carson-officially-switches-parties-returns-gop/ Ben Carson officially changes political parties, rejoins GOP], ''[[The Washington Times]]'' (November 4, 2014).</ref>
| birth_name          = Benjamin Solomon Carson
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1951|9|18}}
| birth_place         = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| otherparty          = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] {{small|(before 1981)}}<br>[[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(1999–2016)}}
| spouse              = [[Candy Carson|Candy Rustin]] {{small|(m. 1975)}}
| children            = 3
| website             = {{url|www.bencarson.com|Official website}}
| awards              = [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]
| education           = [[Yale University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University of Michigan|University of Michigan, Ann<br>Arbor]] {{small|([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])}}
| net_worth           = $6–20 million (2015)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-much-are-carly-fiorina-and-ben-carson-worth/ |title=How much are Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson worth? |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=June 4, 2015 |first=Reena |last=Flores |access-date=May 4, 2016}}</ref>
| signature           = Ben Carson Signature.png
}}
'''Benjamin S. "Ben" Carson, Sr''' (born September 18, 1951) is an [[African-Americans|American]] [[neurosurgeon]] and politician. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he was the 17th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] from 2017 to 2021. After graduating from [[Yale University]], Carson went to [[University of Michigan]] Medical School, and was later accepted to [[Johns Hopkins University]].

In 2008, Carson was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from [[George W. Bush]]. He was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]]. He is known for, among other accomplishments, being the first doctor to separate twins that were joined together at the head.

==Early life==
Carson was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] to Sonya Copeland and Robert Carson.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sonya Carson, Ben Carson's Mother, Passes at 88|url=http://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story5649-sonya-carson-ben-carsons-mother-passes-at-88|work=Adventist Review|date=November 22, 2017|access-date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729060123/https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story5649-sonya-carson-ben-carsons-mother-passes-at-88|url-status=dead}}</ref> He studied at [[Yale University]] and at the [[University of Michigan]].

==Medical career==
Carson was a professor of [[neurosurgery]], [[oncology]], [[plastic surgery]], and [[pediatrics]], and he was the director of pediatric neurosurgery at [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/experts/profiles/team_member_profile/E83A85D46351E25BE722939B61854C65/Benjamin_Carson |title=Neurologists & Neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins he also worked at K.H.M.H in Belize in 2009 where he did twelve operations. – Profile: Dr. Benjamin Carson |publisher=Hopkins Medicine |date=June 24, 2013 |access-date=May 20, 2013 |archive-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104065134/http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/experts/profiles/team_member_profile/E83A85D46351E25BE722939B61854C65/Benjamin_Carson |url-status=dead }}</ref> At 33, he became the youngest major division director in the hospital's history as director of pediatric neurosurgery. He was also a co-director of the Johns Hopkins Craniofacial Center.

He was the first surgeon to successfully separate  [[Craniopagus twins|conjoined twins joined at the head]]. In 2008 he was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[George W. Bush]]. After delivering a widely publicized speech at the 2013 [[National Prayer Breakfast]], he became a popular [[conservatism in the United States|conservative]] figure in political media for his views on social and political issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/02/politics/ben-carson-gop-poll/|title=Ben Carson: Political phenomenon|first=Mark |last=Preston|publisher=[[CNN]] |date= December 3, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref>

In March 2013, Carson announced he would retire as a surgeon, stating "I'd much rather quit when I'm at the top of my game".<ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Carson announces retirement, feeds presidential speculation |first=Aaron |last=Blake |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/16/ben-carson-lets-say-you-magically-put-me-in-the-white-house/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=March 16, 2013 |access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> His retirement became official on July 1, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=My Chat With Retiring Dr. Ben Carson |first=Armstrong|last= Williams |url=http://www.newsmax.com/armstrongwilliams/retire-carson-affirmative-action/2013/07/01/id/512786 |work=Newsmax |date=1 July 2013|access-date=July 1, 2013}}</ref>

==2016 presidential campaign==
{{main|Ben Carson presidential campaign, 2016}}
Carson [[Ben Carson presidential campaign, 2016|ran for]] the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016|Republican nomination]] for [[President of the United States]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 election]].<ref name=Peoples>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/ben-carson-famed-neurosurgeon-running-president-001107942--election.html|title=Ben Carson, famed neurosurgeon, running for president|last1=Peoples|last2=Barrow|first1=Steve|first2=Bill|publisher=Yahoo! news|date=May 3, 2015|access-date=May 9, 2015|archive-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509073444/http://news.yahoo.com/ben-carson-famed-neurosurgeon-running-president-001107942--election.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On March 2 following the 2016 [[Super Tuesday]] primaries, Carson announced that while he was not suspending his campaign he "did not see a 'path forward'" and would not attend the next Republican debate in Detroit.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ben-carson-to-tell-supporters-he-sees-no-path-forward-for-campaign/2016/03/02/d6bef352-d9b3-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html |title=Ben Carson tells supporters he sees no 'path forward' for presidential campaign |author1=Robert Costa |author2=Ben Terris |date=2 March 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> On March 4, 2016, Carson suspended his presidential campaign. He later endorsed [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ben-carson-suspends-2016-campaign-cpac-n532056|title=Ben Carson Suspends 2016 Presidential Campaign at CPAC|publisher=[[NBC News]].com|access-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>

==United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2017&ndash;2021)==
On December 5, 2016, Donald Trump nominated Carson for the job of [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]].

On March 2, 2017, Carson was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] in a 58–41 vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/cspan/status/837325544102445059|title=CSPAN on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2017-03-02|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Carson married Candy Carson in 1975. They have three children. He is a member of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].

==References==
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==Other websites==
* [http://www.bencarson.com Carson for President] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319133034/https://www.bencarson.com/ |date=2017-03-19 }} campaign website
** [http://www.c-span.org/video/?313840-1/depth-ben-carson ''In Depth'' interview with Carson, August 4, 2013]

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