Alex Azar II, a former Wiley Rein partner who served four years as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the leading candidate to head the department, according to several reports.

Besides the Indianapolis Star, the Washington Post and POLITICO reported Tuesday that Azar is President Donald Trump's top choice to head HHS.

Azar served as GC and then deputy secretary of the department from 2001-2007, during the George W. Bush administration. He then took various roles at the giant drug company Eli Lilly and Co. at its U.S. headquarters in Indianapolis, according to his LinkedIn profile.

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