President-elect Donald Trump's administration
Click each name for more details. Some positions require Senate confirmation. A "Y" indicates the person has been confirmed, an "N" indicates they have not been confirmed, and "N/A" means Senate confirmation is not required for that post. Positions left blank have not yet been filled.
Title | Name | Known for | Confirmed? |
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Official Cabinet positions (in order of succession to the presidency) | |||
President | Donald Trump | Businessman | N/A |
Vice President | Mike Pence | Governor, Indiana | N/A |
Secretary of State | Rex Tillerson | Exxon Mobil CEO | Y |
Treasury Secretary | Steven Mnuchin | Former Goldman Sachs executive | Y |
Defense Secretary | James Mattis | Retired Marine general | Y |
Attorney General | Jeff Sessions | U.S. Senator, Alabama | Y |
Interior Secretary | Ryan Zinke | U.S. Representative, Montana | Y |
Agriculture Secretary | Sonny Perdue | Former Georgia governor | Y |
Commerce Secretary | Wilbur Ross | Investor | Y |
Labor Secretary* | R. Alexander Acosta | Former U.S. attorney for Southern District of Florida | Y |
Health and Human Services Secretary | Tom Price | U.S. Representative, Georgia | Y |
Housing and Urban Development Secretary | Ben Carson | Retired neurosurgeon, presidential candidate | Y |
Transportation Secretary | Elaine Chao | Former Labor secretary | Y |
Energy Secretary | Rick Perry | Former Texas governor, presidential candidate | Y |
Education Secretary | Betsy DeVos | Former chair Michigan Republican Party, education activist | Y |
Veterans Affairs Secretary | David Shulkin | Physician, under secretary of Veterans Affairs | Y |
Homeland Security Secretary | John F. Kelly | Retired Marine general | Y |
"Cabinet-rank" positions | |||
Chief of Staff | Reince Priebus | RNC chairman | N/A |
EPA Administrator | Scott Pruitt | Oklahoma attorney general | Y |
Office of Management and Budget Director | Mick Mulvaney | U.S. Representative, South Carolina | Y |
U.S. Trade Representative | Robert Lighthizer | Lawyer, deputy trade representative during Reagan administration | Y |
U.N. Ambassador | Nikki R. Haley | Governor, South Carolina | Y |
Council of Economic Advisers Chair | Kevin Hassett | Economist | N |
Small Business Administrator | Linda McMahon | Former WWE executive, U.S. Senate candidate | Y |
Other key appointments | |||
Chief Strategist | Steve Bannon | Former head of Breitbart News | N/A |
White House Counsel | Donald McGahn | Lawyer, former chair of Federal Election Commission | N/A |
Senior Policy Advisor | Stephen Miller | Trump campaign policy adviser, aide to Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions | N/A |
CIA Director | Mike Pompeo | U.S. Representative, Kansas | Y |
National Security Adviser** | H.R. McMaster | Army Lieutenant General | N/A |
Deputy National Security Adviser*** | - | - | N/A |
National Intelligence Director | Dan Coats | Former Senator, Indiana | Y |
Deputy Commerce Secretary | Todd Ricketts | Co-owner Chicago Cubs | N/A |
National Economic Council Director | Gary Cohn | Goldman Sachs president | N/A |
Army Secretary**** | - | - | N |
Navy Secretary***** | - | - | N |
Air Force Secretary | Heather Wilson | Former U.S. Representative, New Mexico | Y |
National Trade Council Leader | Peter Navarro | Economics and public policy professor, Trump campaign adviser | N/A |
Regulatory Reform Advisor | Carl Icahn | Investor | N/A |
Counselor to the President | Kellyanne Conway | Trump campaign manager | N/A |
Press Secretary | Sean Spicer | Former Republican National Committee communications director and chief strategist | N/A |
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser | Thomas Bossert | President of CDS Consulting firm, former homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush | N/A |
Special Representative for International Negotiations | Jason Greenblatt | Trump Organization executive vice president and chief legal officer | N/A |
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair | Jay Clayton | Wall Street lawyer | N/A |
Senior Advisor | Jared Kushner | CEO of Kushner Companies, Trump's son-in-law | N/A |
Cybersecurity Advisor | Rudy Giuliani | Former New York City mayor | N/A |
Senior Counselor for Economic Initiatives | Dina Powell | Goldman Sachs executive, served in George W. Bush administration | N/A |
*Fast-food executive Andrew Puzder was nominated to be Labor Secretary but later withdrew his nomination.