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 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
Cabinet
The Cabinet officers are listed in rank order according to the United States presidential line of succession:
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Cabinet-level officials
The president may designate additional positions to be members of the Cabinet, which can vary under each president. They are not in the line of succession and are not necessarily officers of the United States.[1]
| Office | Incumbent | Term began |
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| 75px Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (5 U.S.C. § 906, Executive Order 11735) |
100px Lee Zeldin |
January 29, 2025 |
| 75px Director of the Office of Management and Budget (31 U.S.C. § 502, Executive Order 11541, Executive Order 11609, Executive Order 11717) |
124x124px Russell Vought |
February 7, 2025 |
| 75px Director of National Intelligence (50 U.S.C. § 3023) |
124x124px Tulsi Gabbard |
February 12, 2025 |
| 75px Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (50 U.S.C. § 3036) |
100px | January 23, 2025 |
| 75px Trade Representative (19 U.S.C. § 2171) |
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February 27, 2025 |
| 75x75px Ambassador to the United Nations (22 U.S.C. § 287) |
100px Mike Waltz |
September 20, 2025 |
 Administrator of the Small Business Administration (15 U.S.C. § 633) |
100px Kelly Loeffler |
February 20, 2025 |
| 75px 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) |
.jpg) Susie Wiles |
January 20, 2025 |
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Cabinet Of The United States Media
- State-dining-room-polk-cabinet.jpg
James K. Polk and his Cabinet in 1846: the first Cabinet to be photographed
- Top Left Cabinet Image.png
A map that shows the historical makeup of the Cabinet of the United States by year. Green represents a part of the Cabinet. Yellow means the office existed, but was not cabinet-level. Red means the office was abolished. Black vertical lines denote Presidential administrations, with the presidency of William Henry Harrison intentionally excluded. All dates are rounded to the nearest year.
Official portrait of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Official portrait of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (cropped).jpg
Official portrait of Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent
Related pages
References
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- ↑ The White House. "The Cabinet". Retrieved February 6, 2021.