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| Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] from [[Hawaii's 2nd congressional district]]<ref name="gabbard2"/> |
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| Former [[U.S. National Security Advisor]]<ref name="9novp"/><ref name="wp">{{cite news|last1=Lamothe|first1=Dan|title=Sen. Jeff Sessions is known for fighting immigration. Now he could lead Trump’s Pentagon.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/11/09/sen-jeff-sessions-is-known-for-fighting-immigration-now-he-could-lead-trumps-pentagon/|accessdate=9 November 2016|work=[[Washington Post]]|date=9 November 2016}}</ref> |
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| [[U.S. Representative]] for [[California's 50th congressional district]]<ref name="Carl Prine">{{citation|title=Duncan Hunter mentioned for defense, national security positions in Trump administration|author= Carl Prine|date=November 15, 2016 |newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sd-me-hunter-trump-20161111-story.html}}</ref> |
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| Retired [[General (United States)|General]] of the [[United States Marine Corps]]; former commander of the [[United States Central Command]]<ref>{{citation|title=Donald Trump considering retired general James Mattis for Defense Chief|author= Gordon Lubold |date=November 18, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-considering-retired-general-james-mattis-for-defense-chief-1479502633}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN13F0SM|author=Steve Holland|title=In weekend of deliberation, Mattis favored for Trump Pentagon chief|work=Reuters}}</ref> |
| Retired [[General (United States)|General]] of the [[United States Marine Corps]]; former commander of the [[United States Central Command]]<ref>{{citation|title=Donald Trump considering retired general James Mattis for Defense Chief|author= Gordon Lubold |date=November 18, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-considering-retired-general-james-mattis-for-defense-chief-1479502633}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN13F0SM|author=Steve Holland|title=In weekend of deliberation, Mattis favored for Trump Pentagon chief|work=Reuters}}</ref> |
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| Former [[Governor of Texas]], 2016 presidential candidate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/11/21/rick-perry-to-meet-with-president-elect-donald-trump|title=Rick Perry To Meet With President-Elect Donald Trump}}</ref> |
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| Former [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pentagon-idUSKBN13D2MV|title=Trump considering Petraeus, others for Pentagon chief: WSJ|date=18 November 2016|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=18 November 2016}}</ref> |
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| Former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Missouri]] who was on the [[Senate Armed Services Committee]]<ref name="factbox">{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-staff-factbox-idUSKBN13B06D|title=Factbox: Short list of potential Trump administration picks|date=November 15, 2016|accessdate=November 16, 2016|publisher=Reuters}}</ref> |
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| Former Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] from Virginia and [[United States Secretary of the Navy]]<ref name="Jon Ward"/> |
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The cabinet of Donald Trump will replace Barack Obama's cabinet in 2017, as part of the transition of power following the United States presidential election, 2016.
Announced positions
All members of the cabinet require the advice and consent of the United States Senate following appointment by the president prior to taking office. The vice presidency is exceptional in that the position requires election to office pursuant to the United States Constitution. Although some are afforded cabinet-level rank, non-cabinet members within the Executive Office of the President, such as White House Chief of Staff, National Security Advisor, and White House Press Secretary, do not hold constitutionally created positions and most do not require Senate confirmation for appointment.
The following have been named as Cabinet appointees by the President-elect. Other high-level positions are listed at List of Donald Trump political appointments.
Cabinet of President Donald Trump | |||
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Individual elected to office, and does not serve at the pleasure of the president of the United States (all other cabinet members do)
Individual serving in an acting capacity
Individual took office with no Senate consent needed
Cabinet members on January 20, 2021 | |||
Office Date announced / confirmed |
Designee | Office Date announced / confirmed |
Designee |
– Vice President Announced July 15, 2016 Elected November 8, 2016 Took office January 20, 2017 |
Former Governor Mike Pence of Indiana |
– Secretary of State Announced March 13, 2018 Took office April 26, 2018 |
Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo of Kansas |
– Secretary of the Treasury Announced November 30, 2016 Took office February 13, 2017 |
Former OneWest Bank CEO Steven Mnuchin of California |
– Secretary of Defense Announced November 9, 2020 Took office November 9, 2020 |
Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Christopher C. Miller of Iowa |
– Attorney General Announced December 14, 2020 Took office December 24, 2020 |
Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen of Massachusetts |
– Secretary of the Interior Announced December 15, 2018 Took office January 2, 2019[n 1] |
Former Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt of Virginia |
– Secretary of Agriculture Announced January 18, 2017 Took office April 25, 2017 |
Former Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia |
– Secretary of Commerce Announced November 30, 2016 Took office February 28, 2017 |
Former WL Ross & Co. CEO Wilbur Ross of Florida |
– Secretary of Labor Announced July 18, 2019 Took office September 30, 2019 |
Former Solicitor Eugene Scalia of Virginia |
– Secretary of Health and Human Services Announced November 13, 2017 Took office January 29, 2018 |
Former Deputy Secretary Alex Azar of Indiana |
– Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Announced December 5, 2016 Took office March 2, 2017 |
Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson of Virginia |
– Secretary of Transportation Announced January 7, 2021 Took office January 12, 2021 |
Acting Deputy Secretary Steven G. Bradbury of Oregon |
– Secretary of Energy Announced November 7, 2019 Took office December 4, 2019 |
Former Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette of Texas |
– Secretary of Education Announced January 7, 2021 Took office January 8, 2021 |
Deputy Secretary of Education Mick Zais of South Carolina |
– Secretary of Veterans Affairs Announced May 18, 2018 Took office July 30, 2018 |
Former Under Secretary Robert Wilkie of North Carolina |
– Secretary of Homeland Security Announced January 11, 2021 Took office January 12, 2021 |
FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor of Rhode Island |
Cabinet-level officials | |||
Office Date announced / confirmed |
Designee | Office Date announced / confirmed |
Designee |
– White House Chief of Staff Announced March 6, 2020 Took office March 31, 2020 |
Former U.S. Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina |
– United States Trade Representative Announced January 3, 2017 Took office May 15, 2017 |
Former Deputy Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer of Florida |
– Director of National Intelligence Announced February 28, 2020 Took office May 26, 2020 |
Former U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas |
– Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Announced March 13, 2018 Took office April 26, 2018[n 2] |
Former Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel of Kentucky |
– Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Announced July 5, 2018 Took office July 9, 2018[n 3] |
Former Deputy Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler of Virginia |
– Administrator of the Small Business Administration Announced April 4, 2019 Took office January 15, 2020 |
Former United States Treasurer Jovita Carranza of Illinois |
– Director of the Office of Management and Budget Announced January 2, 2019 Took office January 2, 2019[n 4] |
Former Deputy Director Russell Vought of Virginia |
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Source: Trump Administration[1] and NPR[2] |
History of the Cabinet
Choosing members of the presidential Cabinet (and other high-level positions) is a complicated process, which begins prior to the November 2016 general election results being known. In the case of the Trump'16 campaign, his former rival for the Republican nomination Chris Christie was appointed to lead the transition team in May of 2016, shortly after Ted Cruz and John Kasich suspended their campaigns (thus making Trump the presumptive nominee of the party). In addition to various other responsibilities, the transition team is responsible for making preliminary lists of potential executive branch appointees -- at least for the several dozen high-level positions if not for the several thousand lower-level positions -- and doing some early vetting work on those people. The transition team also hires policy experts (over 100 in the case of the Trump transition team by October 2016), using primarily federal funds and federal office space, to help plan how the hypothetical-at-the-time future Trump administration will implement their policy-goals via the various federal agencies and departments.
After the election in November 2016, when the Trump/Pence ticket defeated the Clinton/Kaine ticket as well as various third party opponents, the transition team was quickly reshuffled and expanded; Mike Pence was given the lead role (over Chris Christie), and several additional top-level transition personnel were added to the transition effort, most of them from the now-finished campaign effort. During the remainder of 2016, the team continued finding and vetting potential nominees for the various positions, as the Electoral College process was ongoing (including recounts in some states where the winning margin was relatively tiny) and prior to the presidential inauguration in January 2017.
President-elect Trump announced his first post-election Cabinet nominee, Jeff Sessions for the role of United States Attorney General, on November 18, 2016. (Trump had earlier announced Mike Pence as his pick for vice-presidential running mate in July 2016, which was shortly thereafter confirmed by the delegates to the Republican National Convention when they officially nominated first Trump and then Pence.) Although most positions were simultaneously under consideration by the transition team, the official announcement of offers, and the public acceptance of the offers, usually happens gradually as slots are filled (Richard Nixon being the exception).
President[3] | Week#1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | Week#10 | Notes |
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Nixon '68 | 12 | The twelfth Cabinet role was quasi-privatized in 1971. | |||||||||
Carter '76 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | New roles: Energy in 1977, Education in 1979. | ||||||
Reagan '80 | 8 | 4 | 1 | Reagan was unable to abolish the federal Department of Education. | |||||||
Bush '88 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | New role: VA. Three of the four earliest nominees were continuations of the Reagan Cabinet. | ||||
Clinton '92 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
Bush '00 | 1 | 5 | 8 | Announcements of appointees were delayed by the Florida recount. New role: DHS in 2003. | |||||||
Obama '08 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Trump '16 | 1 | 1 | 4+ | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | There are officially fifteen Cabinet positions to nominate; Senate confirmation of nominees usually follows the inauguration. |
The following people were considered (or received media speculation as being considered) as potential nominees to Cabinet-level roles in the Trump administration, prior to the selection of a final nominee for the role in question.
Vice President
There were dozens of potential running mates for Trump who received media speculation (including several from New York where Trump himself resides). Trump's eventual pick of Governor Mike Pence from Indiana was officially announced on July 16, 2016 and confirmed by acclamation via parliamentary procedure amongst delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016.
White House Chief of Staff
Trump's selection of former RNC chair Reince Priebus from Wisconsin was officially announced on November 13, 2016. This role does not require Senate confirmation. The appointment of Stephen Bannon as Chief Strategist was announced simultaneously. Although that strategy-role is not a Cabinet-level position in the statutory sense, in an "unusual arrangement"[4] Priebus and Bannon were envisioned by the Trump transition team as being equal partners, and were announced simultaneously.[5][6] See also, team of rivals.[7][8] With Priebus accepting a role within the administration, the person who replaces Priebus in his former role as RNC chair will be decided in January.
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Steve Bannon | CEO of the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.[9] (Although he was a contender for the role of Chief of Staff, instead Bannon was appointed as White House Chief Strategist on November 13, 2016.) | |
Newt Gingrich[citation needed] | Former Speaker of the House from Georgia. (Gingrich has said[citation needed] he does not plan to accept a Cabinet position within the Trump administration, but prefers[citation needed] to be involved with long-term planning efforts.) | |
Reince Priebus | Chair of the Republican National Committee.[10][11] |
Attorney General
Trump's selection of Senator Jeff Sessions from Alabama was officially announced on November 18, 2016.
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Pam Bondi | Attorney General of Florida[12] | |
Chris Christie | Governor of New Jersey, former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey[13] | |
Ted Cruz | U.S. Senator from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate[14] | |
Trey Gowdy | Chair of the House Benghazi Committee, U.S. Representative from South Carolina's 4th congressional district[12] | |
Rudy Giuliani | Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, former Associate Attorney General, former Mayor of New York City[10][11][15] | |
Kris Kobach | Secretary of State of Kansas[16] | |
Henry McMaster | Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina[17] | |
Jeff Sessions | U.S. Senator from Alabama; Member of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services from Alabama; Former Attorney of the Southern District of Alabama[13] |
Ambassador to the United Nations
Trump officially announced Governor Nikki Haley from South Carolina as his selection for this role on November 23, 2016. Haley supported Marco Rubio in the Republican primaries and caucuses, but later endorsed Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee.[18] Henry McMaster, who was an early supporter of Trump,[19] is also under consideration for a role in the Trump administration, but should he does not accept such a role, will become the sitting Governor due to his current position of Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.[20] Like most ambassadorships and all official Cabinet positions, this role requires confirmation by the Senate. The nomination of an Ambassador-designate to the United Nations is reviewed during hearings held by the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and then presented to the full Senate for a vote (plus possibly a filibuster).
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Kelly Ayotte | Outgoing U.S. Senator from New Hampshire[21] | |
Richard Grenell | Former spokesman for the United States Ambassador to the United Nations[21] | |
Nikki Haley | Governor of South Carolina |
Secretary of Education
Trump's selection of former RNC member Betsy DeVos from Michigan was officially announced on November 23, 2016.
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Tony Bennett | Former Florida Education Commissioner; former Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction[12] | |
Kevin Chavous | Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 7[12] | |
Ben Carson | former professor at Johns Hopkins University, retired neurosurgeon, presidential candidate in 2016 (endorsed Trump shortly after suspending his own campaign)[22] | |
Mitch Daniels | President of the Purdue University System; former Governor of Indiana; former Director of the Office of Management and Budget[12] | |
Betsy DeVos | Former Chair of the Michigan Republican Party[12] | |
Bill Evers | Resident Scholar at the Hoover Institution; Senior Advisor to the United States Secretary of Education[13] | |
Luke Messer | U.S. Representatives from Indiana's 6th congressional district[12] | |
Michelle Rhee | Former Chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools[12] | |
Gerald Robinson | Former Virginia Education Secretary[12] | |
Scott Walker | Governor of Wisconsin; 2016 presidential candidate[12] |
Secretary of Commerce
Trump's selection of CEO Wilbur Ross from Florida (formerly of New York) was officially announced on November 30, 2016. Several days earlier starting November 24th, unofficial staff interviews said that Ross either would be,[23][24][25][26] or was expected to be,[27][28][29][30][31] offered the role.
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Chris Christie | Governor of New Jersey; 2016 presidential candidate[32] | |
Dan DiMicco | former CEO of Nucor; advisor on trade to Donald Trump[32] | |
Lewis M. Eisenberg | Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee.[33] | |
Mike Huckabee | Former Governor of Arkansas and 2016 presidential candidate.[33] | |
Linda McMahon | Professional wrestling magnate; twice former Republican U.S. Senate nominee for Connecticut[34] | |
Rick Perry | Former Governor of Texas, 2016 presidential candidate[32] | |
Wilbur Ross | investor[35] at Invesco, billionaire specializing in bankruptcy-turnarounds, co-leader of the economic policy advisor team to Trump'16,[36] previously backed fellow Floridian Rubio'16,[37][38] privatization advisor to then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, board member of USAID-funded TUSRIF appointed by the Bill Clinton administration,[39] and former Democrat[40] whose then-spouse was the Republican-party Lt. Governor of New York. | |
Peter Thiel | Cofounder of PayPal [33] |
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Trump's selection of Representative Tom Price from Georgia was officially announced on November 28, 2016.[41][42][43]
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Rich Bagger | Executive Vice President of Celgene; former transition executive director, former New Jersey State Senator[44] | |
Ben Carson | retired neurosurgeon, former professor at Johns Hopkins University, presidential candidate in 2016 (endorsed Trump shortly after suspending his own campaign)[22] | |
Mike Huckabee | Former Governor of Arkansas; former Chair of the National Governors Association; 2016 presidential candidate[21] | |
Bobby Jindal | Former Governor of Louisiana; 2016 presidential candidate[21] | |
Tom Price | Chair of the House Budget Committee, U.S. Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district, orthopedic surgeon.[45] | |
Rick Scott | Governor of Florida[21] |
Secretary of Transportation
On November 29, 2016 it was reported that President-elect Trump selected former United States Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao of Kentucky as his Secretary of Transportation.[46][47]
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Lou Barletta | U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district[48] | |
Elaine Chao | Former Labor Secretary under President George W. Bush, and Deputy Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush, wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell[49][50] | |
John Mica | Former Chair of the House Transportation Committee, Outgoing U.S. Representative from Florida's 7th congressional district[51] | |
Harold Ford Jr. | Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district[52] | |
Mark Rosenker | Former Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board[12] | |
Jim Simpson | Former New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation; Former Federal Transit Administrator[12] |
Secretary of the Treasury
Trump announced the selection of Steve Mnuchin as Secretary of the Treasury on November 30, 2016.
Possible candidates for open Cabinet positions
After election day, media outlets reported on persons described by various sources as possible appointments to senior positions in the incoming Trump presidency. The number of people which have received media attention as potential cabinet appointees is higher than in most previous presidential elections, partly because the Trump'16 campaign staff (and associated PACs) was significantly smaller and less expensive,[60] thus there are not as many people already expected to receive specific roles in the upcoming Trump administration. In particular, "Trump ha[d] a smaller policy brain trust [policy group] than a new president normally carries"[61] because as an anti-establishment candidate who began his campaign by largely self-funding his way to the Republican party nomination,[62] unlike most previous presidential winners "Trump does not have the traditional cadre of Washington insiders and donors to build out his Cabinet."[63] An additional factor that tends to make the field of potential nominees especially broad, is that unlike most presidential transition teams who select politicians as their appointees, the Trump transition team "has started with a mandate to hire from the private sector [as opposed to the governmental sector] whenever possible."[63]
Until the Trump Administration announces their official cabinet, and those nominees are confirmed by the Senate (where applicable), this page will continue to be updated with new information and potential positions. The membership of the presidential cabinet also tends to evolve during the course of the presidency; turnover often causes individual names to change, and more rarely, creation of new departments and merging/downsizing of existing departments can alter the size of the cabinet. Names mentioned include:
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
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James Mattis | Retired General of the United States Marine Corps; former commander of the United States Central Command[78][79]
He is the next Secretary of Defense pending Senate confirmation. |
Secretary of the Interior
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Jan Brewer | Former Governor of Arizona[21] | |
File:Mary Fallin.jpg | Mary Fallin | Governor of Oklahoma[12] |
Robert Grady | Venture capitalist and private equity investor [13] | |
Heidi Heitkamp | U.S. Senator from North Dakota[80] | |
Harold Hamm | Oil and natural gas businessman[13] | |
Forrest Lucas | CEO and president of Lucas Oil[81] | |
Cynthia Lummis | Outgoing U.S. Representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district[12] | |
Sarah Palin | 2008 vice presidential nominee; former Governor of Alaska[10][82][83][84] | |
Richard Pombo | Former U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district, former Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee[12] | |
Mead Treadwell | Former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska[12] | |
Ray Washburne | Dallas-based investor and former vice chairman of the 2016 Trump Victory Committee[85] |
Secretary of Agriculture
Image | Name | Description |
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Sam Brownback | Governor of Kansas[13] | |
Chuck Conner | Former Acting United States Secretary of Agriculture[13] | |
Dave Heineman | Former Governor of Nebraska[12] | |
Tim Huelskamp | Outgoing U.S. Representative from Kansas's 1st congressional district[44] | |
Sid Miller | Texas Agriculture Commissioner[86] | |
Jerry Moran | U.S. Senator from Kansas[87] | |
Sonny Perdue | Former Governor of Georgia[13] | |
Rick Perry | Former Governor of Texas, 2016 presidential candidate[22] |
Secretary of Labor
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Lou Barletta | Republican U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district since 2011.[88] | |
Victoria Lipnic | Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards[10][11] | |
Peter Kirsanow | Attorney and a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights[12] | |
File:Andy Puzder.jpeg | Andy Puzder | CEO of CKE Restaurants,[12] delegate to Republican National Convention platform committee in 2012 and 2016,[89][90][91] backed comprehensive immigration reform in 2013,[92] supports defederalization of minimum wage regulations because he believes increases in the minimum wage end up actually costing jobs through the unintended consequence of increasing automation.[93] |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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Ben Carson | 2016 presidential candidate and former director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital[94] |
Secretary of Energy
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James Connaughton | Chief executive of Nautilus Data Technologies and former Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality[21] | |
Joe Manchin | U.S. Senator from West Virginia and vice chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.[95] | |
Kevin Cramer | U.S. Representative from North Dakota's at-large congressional district[12] | |
Robert Grady | Venture capitalist and private equity investor[13] | |
Harold Hamm | Billionaire Continental Resources CEO[10][96] | |
J. Larry Nichols | Chairman of Devon Energy Corporation[85] | |
Rick Perry | Former Governor of Texas, 2016 presidential candidate[97] |
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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Scott Brown | Former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts[98][99] | |
Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic U.S. Representative from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district[100] | |
Jeff Miller | Chair of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, U.S. Representative from Florida's 1st congressional district[101] | |
Sarah Palin | 2008 vice presidential nominee; former Governor of Alaska[102][103] | |
Rick Perry | Former Governor of Texas, 2016 presidential candidate[104] | |
Mitt Romney | Former Governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican presidential nominee[105] |
Secretary of Homeland Security
Possible candidates for Cabinet-level officials
Cabinet-level officials have positions that are considered to be of Cabinet level, but which are not part of the Cabinet.
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
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Myron Ebell | Chair of the Cooler Heads Coalition; director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and leading climate change denier[83][112] | |
Robert Grady | Venture Capitalist and Private Equity Investor[21] | |
Jeff Holmstead | Lawyer for Bracewell LLP; Former Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency[21] | |
Cynthia Lummis | Outgoing U.S. Representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district[12] | |
Scott Pruitt | Attorney General of Oklahoma[12] | |
Leslie Rutledge | Attorney General of Arkansas[12] |
United States Trade Representative
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Charles Boustany | U.S. Representative from Louisiana, candidate (lost during the jungle primary) for U.S. Senator from Louisiana in 2016[113] |
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Image | Name | Description |
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Tom Coburn | Former U.S. Senator from Oklahoma[12] | |
Gary Cohn | president of Goldman Sachs[114] | |
U.S. Representative from Texas. Hensarling reportedly was offered this role, but turned it down to remain the chair of the House Financial Services Committee.[115] (Hensarling was also in the running for Secretary of the Treasury, which went to Steve Mnuchin on November 30, 2016.) | ||
Scott Walker | Governor of Wisconsin; 2016 presidential candidate[116] |
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
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Dan DiMicco | Former Nucor Corporation CEO; Trade Advisor for Donald Trump[13] |
Administrator of the Small Business Administration
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Linda McMahon | Former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO;Republican candidate for Connecticut US Senate seat in 2010 and 2012[117] |
See also
References
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces His Cabinet". whitehouse.gov. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "Chart: The Status Of Trump Administration's Key Members". National Public Radio. February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ "Fox News Research on Twitter". twitter.com.
- ^ CNN, Jim Acosta, Dana Bash and Tal Kopan. "Trump picks Priebus as White House chief of staff, Bannon as top adviser". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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