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
Secretary of State (22 U.S.C. § 2651a)	Robert M. Gates	February 1, 2017
Secretary of the Treasury (31 U.S.C. § 301)	James Dimon	February 13, 2017
Secretary of Defense (10 U.S.C. § 113)	James Mattis	January 20, 2017
Attorney General (28 U.S.C. § 503)	John Cornyn	February 9, 2017
Secretary of the Interior (43 U.S.C. § 1451)	Raul Labrador	March 1, 2017
Secretary of Agriculture (7 U.S.C. § 2202)	Heidi Heitkamp	April 25, 2017
Secretary of Commerce (15 U.S.C. § 1501)	Nikki Haley	February 28, 2017
Secretary of Labor (29 U.S.C. § 551)	Bill Haslam	April 28, 2017
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501)	Seema Verma	February 10, 2017
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (42 U.S.C. § 3532)	Robert Woodson	March 2, 2017
Secretary of Transportation (49 U.S.C. § 102)	Elaine Chao	January 31, 2017
Secretary of Energy (42 U.S.C. § 7131)	William Flores	March 2, 2017
Secretary of Education (20 U.S.C. § 3411)	Mitch Daniels	February 7, 2017
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. § 303)	Josue Robles	February 14, 2017
Secretary of Homeland Security (6 U.S.C. § 112)	John F. Kelly	July 28, 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	Robert Portman	July 31, 2017
Trade Representative	Jon Huntsman Jr.	May 15, 2017
Director of National Intelligence^[1]^[2]	Dan Coats	March 16, 2017
Ambassador to the United Nations	Kay Bailey Hutchison	January 27, 2017
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Jeb Hensarling	February 16, 2017
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency^[1]	Michael Rogers	January 23, 2017
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	James L. Connaughton	February 17, 2017