Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs

The department was established on October 1, 1945, by the Alabama Legislature.^[1]

In October 2024, then-commissioner Kent Davis was removed from his position by Kay Ivey, the Governor of Alabama.^[2] This later lead to a restructuring, which resulted in the restructuring of the Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs, consisting of seventeen members, including the Governor and department commissioner.^[3][4]