The office of Commissioner was created by Congress by the Revenue Act of 1862. The Commissioner is appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate, for a five-year term.
Douglas H. Shulman Mar 24, 2008 Nov 9, 2012
Steven T. Miller (Acting) Nov 10, 2012 May 22, 2013 (Resigned at request)
Daniel Werfel (Acting) May 22, 2013 December 23, 2013
John Koskinen December 23, 2013
You have to wonder if Koskinen was brought in to "manage" this. He's a pretty good liar, from what I saw of his joust with Dave Camp. But he's still a liar...
He's an exceptionally good liar (to those who are clueless that is). Obama dumped the others because he needs a super slick liar to protect him from being compared to Nixon.