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.

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, Article II, Section I)	JD Vance	January 20, 2025
Secretary of State (22 U.S.C. § 2651a)	Marco Rubio	January 21, 2025
Secretary of the Treasury (31 U.S.C. § 301)	Scott Bessent	January 28, 2025
Secretary of Defense (10 U.S.C. § 113)	Pete Hegseth	January 25, 2025
Attorney General (28 U.S.C. § 503)	Pam Bondi	February 5, 2025
Secretary of the Interior (43 U.S.C. § 1451)	Doug Burgum	February 1, 2025
Secretary of Agriculture (7 U.S.C. § 2202)	Brooke Rollins	February 13, 2025
Secretary of Commerce (15 U.S.C. § 1501)	Howard Lutnick	February 19, 2025
Secretary of Labor (29 U.S.C. § 551)	Vince Micone Acting[1]	January 20, 2025
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501)	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	February 13, 2025
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (42 U.S.C. § 3532)	Scott Turner	February 5, 2025
Secretary of Transportation (49 U.S.C. § 102)	Sean Duffy	January 28, 2025
Secretary of Energy (42 U.S.C. § 7131)	Chris Wright	February 4, 2025
Secretary of Education (20 U.S.C. § 3411)	Denise Carter Acting[1]	January 20, 2025
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. § 303)	Doug Collins	February 5, 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security (6 U.S.C. § 112)	Kristi Noem	January 25, 2025

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.^[2]

Cabinet-level officials

Office	Incumbent	Term began
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (5 U.S.C. § 906, Executive Order 11735)	Lee Zeldin	January 29, 2025
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (31 U.S.C. § 502, Executive Order 11541, Executive Order 11609, Executive Order 11717)	Russell Vought	February 7, 2025
Director of National Intelligence (50 U.S.C. § 3023)	Tulsi Gabbard	February 12, 2025
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (50 U.S.C. § 3036)	John Ratcliffe	January 23, 2025
Trade Representative (19 U.S.C. § 2171)	Jamieson Greer	February 2025
Ambassador to the United Nations (22 U.S.C. § 287)	Dorothy Shea Acting	January 20, 2025
Administrator of the Small Business Administration (15 U.S.C. § 633)	Kelly Loeffler	February 20, 2025
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)	Susie Wiles	January 20, 2025

• List of United States Cabinets

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