Cabinet of the United States

The Cabinet of the United States (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 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)	Merrick Garland	March 11, 2021
Secretary of the Interior (43 U.S.C. § 1451)	Deb Haaland	March 16, 2021
Secretary of Agriculture (7 U.S.C. § 2202)	Tom Vilsack	February 23, 2021
Secretary of Commerce (15 U.S.C. § 1501)	Gina Raimondo	March 3, 2021
Secretary of Labor (29 U.S.C. § 551)	Julie Su (Acting)	March 11, 2023
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501)	Xavier Becerra	March 19, 2021
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (42 U.S.C. § 3532)	Marcia Fudge	March 10, 2021
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)	Miguel Cardona	March 2, 2021
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)	Michael S. Regan	March 11, 2021
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (31 U.S.C. § 502, Executive Order 11541, Executive Order 11609, Executive Order 11717)	Shalanda Young	March 24, 2021^[2]
Director of National Intelligence (50 U.S.C. § 3023)	Avril Haines	January 21, 2021^[3]
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (50 U.S.C. § 3036)	William Joseph Burns	March 19, 2021
Trade Representative (19 U.S.C. § 2171)	Katherine Tai	March 18, 2021
Ambassador to the United Nations	Linda Thomas-Greenfield	February 25, 2021
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Jared Bernstein	July 10, 2023
Administrator of the Small Business Administration (15 U.S.C. § 633)	Isabel Guzman	March 17, 2021
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Arati Prabhakar	October 3, 2022
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)	Jeff Zients	February 8, 2023