United States Cabinet

Here are all of the cabinet officials during Ronald Reagan's presidency

The United States Cabinet (usually simplified as "the Cabinet") is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first American President (George Washington), who appointed a Cabinet of four people (Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson; Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton; Secretary of War, Henry Knox; and Attorney General, Edmund Randolph) to advise and assist him in his duties.

Cabinet officers are nominated by the President and then presented to the United States Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority. If approved, they are sworn in and begin their duties. Aside from the Attorney General, and previously, the Postmaster General, they all receive the title Secretary.

Current cabinet members[change | change source]

Cabinet[change | change source]

The Cabinet officers are listed in rank order according to the United States presidential line of succession:

Cabinet
Office (statutory basis)	Incumbent	Term began
Vice President (Constitution, Art. II, Sec. I)	Mike Pence	January 20, 2017
Secretary of State (22 U.S.C. § 2651a)	Mike Pompeo	April 26, 2018
Secretary of the Treasury (31 U.S.C. § 301)	Steve Mnuchin	February 13, 2017
Secretary of Defense (10 U.S.C. § 113)	Patrick M. Shanahan (Acting)	January 1, 2019
Attorney General (28 U.S.C. § 503)	William P. Barr	February 14, 2019
Secretary of the Interior (43 U.S.C. § 1451)	David Bernhardt (Acting)	January 2, 2019
Secretary of Agriculture (7 U.S.C. § 2202)	Sonny Perdue	April 25, 2017
Secretary of Commerce (15 U.S.C. § 1501)	Wilbur Ross	February 28, 2017
Secretary of Labor (29 U.S.C. § 551)	Alexander Acosta	April 28, 2017
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501)	Alex Azar	October 10, 2017
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (42 U.S.C. § 3532)	Ben Carson	March 2, 2017
Secretary of Transportation (49 U.S.C. § 102)	Elaine Chao	January 31, 2017
Secretary of Energy (42 U.S.C. § 7131)	Rick Perry	March 2, 2017
Secretary of Education (20 U.S.C. § 3411)	Betsy DeVos	February 7, 2017
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. § 303)	Robert Wilkie	July 30, 2018
Secretary of Homeland Security (6 U.S.C. § 112)	Kirstjen Nielsen	December 6, 2017

Cabinet-level officials[change | change source]

The following officials hold positions that are considered to be Cabinet-level positions. Cabinet-level officials attend Cabinet meetings, but are not official Cabinet Members:

Cabinet-level Officials
Office	Incumbent	Term began
White House Chief of Staff	Mick Mulvaney (Acting)	January 2, 2019
Trade Representative	Robert Lighthizer	May 15, 2017
Director of National Intelligence^[1]^[2]	Dan Coats	March 16, 2017
Ambassador to the United Nations	Jonathan Cohen (Acting)	January 1, 2019
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mick Mulvaney	February 16, 2017
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency^[1]	Gina Haspel	May 21, 2018 (Acting: April 26, 2018–May 21, 2018)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Andrew R. Wheeler	February 28, 2019 (Acting: July 9, 2018–February 28, 2019)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Linda McMahon	February 14, 2017