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 (Constituting instrument)	Incumbent	Took office
Vice President (Constitution, Art. II, Sec. I)	Kamala Harris	January 20, 2021
Secretary of State (22 U.S.C. § 2651a)	Antony Blinken	January 26, 2021
Secretary of the Treasury (31 U.S.C. § 301)	Janet Yellen	January 25, 2021^[1]
Secretary of Defense (10 U.S.C. § 113)	Lloyd Austin	January 22, 2021
Attorney General (28 U.S.C. § 503)	Monty Wilkinson	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Secretary of the Interior (43 U.S.C. § 1451)	Scott de la Vega	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Secretary of Agriculture (7 U.S.C. § 2202)	Tom Vilsack	February 23, 2021
Secretary of Commerce (15 U.S.C. § 1501)	Wynn Coggins	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Secretary of Labor (29 U.S.C. § 551)	Al Stewart	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501)	Norris Cochran	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (42 U.S.C. § 3532)	Matt Ammon	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Secretary of Transportation (49 U.S.C. § 102)	Pete Buttigieg	February 2, 2021
Secretary of Energy (42 U.S.C. § 7131)	Jennifer Granholm	February 25, 2021
Secretary of Education (20 U.S.C. § 3411)	Phil Rosenfelt	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. § 303)	Denis McDonough	February 9, 2021
Secretary of Homeland Security (6 U.S.C. § 112)	Alejandro Mayorkas	February 2, 2021

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
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (5 U.S.C. § 906, Executive Order 11735)	Jane Nishida	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (31 U.S.C. § 502, Executive Order 11541, Executive Order 11609, Executive Order 11717)	Rob Fairweather	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Director of National Intelligence (50 U.S.C. § 3023)	Avril Haines	January 21, 2021^[3]
Trade Representative (19 U.S.C. § 2171)	Maria Pagan	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Ambassador to the United Nations	Linda Thomas-Greenfield	February 25, 2021
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	vacant
Administrator of the Small Business Administration (15 U.S.C. § 633)	Tami Perriello	January 20, 2021 Acting^[2]
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Science Advisor to the President	vacant
White House Chief of Staff (Pub.L. 76-19, 53 Stat. 561, enacted April 3, 1939, Executive Order 8248, Executive Order 10452, Executive Order 12608)	Ron Klain	January 20, 2021