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{{Short description|Principal advisory body to the president of the United States}}
{{for|the current cabinet|Second cabinet of Donald Trump}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Cabinet of the United States of America
| formation                = {{start date and age|1789|3|4|p=1|br=1}}
| logo                     = Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg
| logo_size                = 80px
| logo_alt                 = 
| logo_caption             = [[Great Seal of the United States]]
| image                    = Trump Cabinet 2025 second presidency.jpg
| image_size               = 
| alt                      = 
| caption                  = [[Second cabinet of Donald Trump|President Donald Trump's Cabinet]] pictured in July 2025
| status                   = Inferred ([[Opinion Clause]])
| purpose                  = Advisory body to the president of the United States
| membership               = 
| leader_title             = [[President of the United States]]
| leader_name              = [[Donald Trump]]
| leader_title2            = Membership
| leader_name2             = 25 members, plus the Vice President:
* 15 [[United States federal executive departments|principal officers]]
* 10 [[#Cabinet-level officials|other members]]
| key_people               = 
| main_organ               = 
| staff                    = 
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/|www.whitehouse.gov}}
| footnotes                = 
| location                 = [[Cabinet Room (White House)|Cabinet Room]], [[White House]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
}}

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{{Politics of the United States}}
The '''Cabinet of the United States''' is the principal official advisory body to the [[president of the United States]]. The Cabinet generally meets with the president in [[Cabinet Room (White House)|the Cabinet Room]] adjacent to the Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The [[vice president of the United States]] serves in the Cabinet by statute. The heads of departments, appointed by the president and confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]], are members of the Cabinet, and acting department heads also participate in Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially nominated for Senate confirmation. Members of the Cabinet are political appointees and administratively operate their departments. As appointed officers heading federal agencies, these Cabinet secretaries are executives with full administrative control over their respective departments. The president may designate heads of other agencies and non-Senate-confirmed members of the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]] as members of the Cabinet.

The Cabinet does not have any collective executive powers or functions of its own, and no votes need to be taken. There are 26 members: the vice president, 15 department heads, and 10 Cabinet-level officials, all except three of whom require [[Advice and consent#United States|Senate confirmation]]. During Cabinet meetings, the members sit in the order in which their respective department was created, with the earliest being closest to the president and the newest farthest away.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cabinet Room—White House Museum|url=http://www.tysto.com/west-wing/cabinet-room.htm|access-date=2021-03-17|website=www.whitehousemuseum.org}}</ref> However, the vice president does not have any authority over the president's cabinet and all cabinet officials directly report to the president.

The members of the Cabinet whom the president appoints serve [[Powers of the president of the United States|at the pleasure of the president]]. The president can dismiss them from office at any time without the approval of the Senate or downgrade their Cabinet membership status. The vice president of the United States is elected, not appointed, and serves in the Cabinet by statute. Functionally, the president may give wide latitude to department heads and often it is legally possible for a Cabinet member to exercise certain powers over their own department against the president's wishes, but in practice this is highly unusual due to the threat of dismissal. The president also has the authority to organize the Cabinet, such as instituting committees. Like all federal public officials, Cabinet members are also subject to [[Federal impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] by the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] and trial in the Senate for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors".

The [[Constitution of the United States]] does not explicitly establish a Cabinet. The Cabinet's role is inferred from the language of the [[Article Two of the United States Constitution|Opinion Clause]] (Article{{spaces}}II, Section{{spaces}}2, Clause{{spaces}}1) of the Constitution for principal officers of departments to provide advice to the president. Additionally, the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-fifth Amendment]] authorizes the vice president, together with a majority of the heads of the executive departments, to declare the president "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office". The heads of the executive departments are—if eligible—in the [[United States presidential line of succession|presidential line of succession]]. The highest-ranking cabinet member (after the vice president) is the [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]], who is fourth in line of succession to the president, following the vice president, the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker of the House of Representatives]] and the [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|president pro tempore]] of the Senate.

==History==
[[File:State-dining-room-polk-cabinet.jpg|thumb|[[James K. Polk]] and his Cabinet in 1846: the first Cabinet to be photographed]]
The tradition of the Cabinet arose out of the debates at the 1787 [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]] regarding whether the president would exercise executive authority solely or collaboratively with a [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet of ministers]] or a [[privy council]]. As a result of the debates, the Constitution (Article{{spaces}}II, Section{{spaces}}1, Clause{{spaces}}1) vests "the executive power" in the president singly, and authorizes—but does not compel—the president (Article{{spaces}}II, Section{{spaces}}2, Clause{{spaces}}1) to "require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices".<ref>{{cite web| last=Prakash| first=Sai| title=Essays on Article II:Executive Vesting Clause| url=https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/76/executive-vesting-clause| work=The Heritage Guide to The Constitution| publisher=The Heritage Foundation| access-date=July 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701142803/https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/76/executive-vesting-clause| archive-date=July 1, 2018| url-status=unfit| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=A2EssayGaziano>{{cite web| last=Gaziano| first=Todd| title=Essays on Article II: Opinion Clause| url=https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/88/opinion-clause| work=The Heritage Guide to The Constitution| publisher=The Heritage Foundation| access-date=July 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701142803/https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/88/opinion-clause| archive-date=July 1, 2018| url-status=unfit| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Constitution does not specify what the executive departments will be, how many there will be, or what their duties will be.

[[George Washington]], the first president of the United States, organized his principal officers into a Cabinet, and it has been part of the executive branch structure ever since. Washington's Cabinet consisted of five members: himself, [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] [[Henry Knox]] and [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Edmund Randolph]]. Vice President [[John Adams]] was not included in Washington's Cabinet because the position was initially regarded as a legislative officer (president of the Senate).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/john-adams/ |title=John Adams · George Washington's Mount Vernon |access-date=May 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517153631/http://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/john-adams/ |archive-date=May 17, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Furthermore, until there was a vacancy in the presidency (which did not occur until the death of [[William Henry Harrison]] in 1841) it was not certain that a vice president [[Tyler precedent|would be allowed to serve as president for the duration of the original term]] as opposed to merely acting as president until new elections could be held. It was not until the 20th century that vice presidents were regularly included as members of the Cabinet and came to be regarded primarily as a member of the executive branch.

Presidents have used Cabinet meetings of selected principal officers but to widely differing extents and for different purposes. During President [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s administration, Secretary of State [[William H. Seward]] advocated the use of a parliamentary-style Cabinet government. However, Lincoln rebuffed Seward. While [[Woodrow Wilson]] was a professor he also advocated a parliamentary-style Cabinet but after becoming president he did not implement it in his administration. In recent administrations, Cabinets have grown to include key White House staff in addition to department and various agency heads. President [[Ronald Reagan]] formed seven sub-cabinet councils to review many policy issues, and subsequent presidents have followed that practice.<ref name=A2EssayGaziano/>

==Federal law==
In {{usc|3|302}} with regard to delegation of authority by the president, it is provided that "nothing herein shall be deemed to require express authorization in any case in which such an official would be presumed in law to have acted by authority or direction of the president." This pertains directly to the heads of the executive departments as each of their offices is created and specified by statutory law (hence the presumption) and thus gives them the authority to act for the president within their areas of responsibility without any specific delegation.

Under {{usc|5|3110}} (also known as the 1967 Federal Anti-Nepotism statute), federal officials are prohibited from appointing their immediate family members to certain governmental positions, including those in the Cabinet.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.stetson.edu/law/lawreview/media/congressional-interference-with-the-presidents-power-to-appoint-24-3.pdf|title=Congressional Interference With The President's Power To Appoint|first1=Richard P.|last1=Wulwick|first2=Frank J.|last2=Macchiarola|journal=Stetson Law Review|volume=XXIV|year=1995|pages=625–652|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116101457/http://www.stetson.edu/law/lawreview/media/congressional-interference-with-the-presidents-power-to-appoint-24-3.pdf|archive-date=November 16, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Under the [[Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998]], an administration may appoint acting heads of department from employees of the relevant department. These may be existing high-level career employees, from political appointees of the outgoing administration (for new administrations), or sometimes lower-level appointees of the administration.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/who-runs-departments-before-heads-are-confirmed-090122|title=Who Runs Departments Before Heads Are Confirmed?|last=Pierce|first=Olga|date=2009-01-22|newspaper=ProPublica|language=en|access-date=2017-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000058/https://www.propublica.org/article/who-runs-departments-before-heads-are-confirmed-090122|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Confirmation process==
[[File: Top Left Cabinet Image.png|thumb|Historical makeup of the Cabinet of the United States by year|center|884x884px]]
The heads of the executive departments and all other federal agency heads are nominated by the president and then presented to the Senate for [[Appointments Clause|confirmation or rejection]] by a [[majority|simple majority]] (although before the use of the "[[nuclear option]]" during the [[113th United States Congress]], they could have been blocked by [[filibuster]], requiring [[cloture]] to be invoked by {{frac|3|5}} [[supermajority]] to further consideration). If approved, they receive their [[Commission (document)|commission scroll]], are [[Oath of office|sworn in]], and begin their duties. When the Senate is not in session, the president can appoint acting heads of the executive departments, and do so at the beginning of their term.

An elected vice president does not require Senate confirmation, nor does the [[White House Chief of Staff|White House chief of staff]], which is an appointed staff position of the Executive Office of the President.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
!Office
!Senate confirmation review committee
|-
|[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Foreign Relations Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Finance Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services|Armed Services Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Energy and Natural Resources Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry|Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation|Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health and Human Services]]
|Finance Committee (official)<br>Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (consult)
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]]
|Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Energy and Natural Resources Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]]
|Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Veterans Affairs Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Trade Representative|Trade Representative]]
|Finance Committee
|-
|[[Director of National Intelligence]]
|[[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Select Committee on Intelligence]]
|-
|[[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]
|Select Committee on Intelligence
|-
|[[Office of Management and Budget|Director of the Office of Management and Budget]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on the Budget|Budget Committee]]<br>Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
|-
|[[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works|Environment and Public Works Committee]]
|-
|[[Administrator of the Small Business Administration]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee]]
|}

===Salary===
{{Main|Executive Schedule}}

The heads of the executive departments and most other senior federal officers at cabinet or sub-cabinet level receive their salary under a fixed five-level pay plan known as the [[Executive Schedule]], which is codified in [[Title 5 of the United States Code]]. Twenty-one positions, including the heads of the executive departments and others, receiving Level{{spaces}}I pay are listed in {{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312}}, and those forty-six positions on Level{{spaces}}II pay (including the number two positions of the executive departments) are listed in {{UnitedStatesCode|5|5313}}. {{as of|2025|January|}}, the Level{{spaces}}I annual pay was set at $250,600.

The annual salary of the vice president is $284,600.<ref name="Executive Order 14113">{{cite web
 |last         = Biden
 |first        = Joseph
 |title        = Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
 |work         = Executive Order 14113
 |publisher    = The White House
 |date         = 2023-12-21
 |url          = https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/pay-executive-order-2024-adjustments-of-certain-rates-of-pay.pdf
 |access-date  = 2025-12-12
 |archive-url  = 
 |archive-date = 
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref> The salary level was set by the Government Salary Reform Act of 1989, which provides an automatic [[Cost of living|cost of living adjustment]] for federal employees. The vice president receives the same pension as other members of Congress as the [[United States Senate|president of the Senate]].<ref>{{cite web
 |last         = Purcell
 |first        = Patrick J.
 |title        = Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress
 |work         = CRS Report for Congress
 |publisher    = [[Congressional Research Service]]
 |date         = 2005-01-21
 |url          = https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf
 |access-date  = 2017-02-19
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20180103064138/https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf
 |archive-date = January 3, 2018
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref>

==Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials==
{{See also|Second cabinet of Donald Trump}}
The individuals listed below were nominated by President [[Donald Trump]] to form his Cabinet and were confirmed by the United States Senate on the date noted or are serving as acting department heads by his request, pending the confirmation of his nominees.

{{anchor | Vice President and the Heads of the Executive Departments }}

===Vice president and the heads of the executive departments===
{{See also|United States federal executive departments}}
The Cabinet permanently includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments, listed here according to their [[United States presidential line of succession#Current order of succession|order of succession to the presidency]]. The [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker of the House]] and the [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|president ''pro tempore'' of the Senate]] follow the vice president and precede the secretary of state in the order of succession, but both are in the legislative branch and are not part of the Cabinet.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
|+Cabinet
|-
! scope="col" |Office<br>{{small|(Constituting instrument)}}
! scope="col" |Incumbent
! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" |Took office
|-
| data-sort-value="Vice President" |[[File:US Vice President Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]<br>{{small|[[Article Two of the United States Constitution#Clause 3: Electoral College|(Constitution, Article II, Section I)]]}}
| data-sort-value="Vance, JD" | [[File:JD Vance official portrait (cropped headshot).jpg|125x125px]]<br>[[JD Vance]]
|January 20, 2025
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of State" |[[File:Seal of the United States Secretary of State.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|22|2651a}})}}
| data-sort-value="Rubio, Marco" | [[File:Official portrait of the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, January 2025 (cropped).jpg|125x125px]] 
[[Marco Rubio]]
|January 21, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of the Treasury" |[[File:US-DeptOfTheTreasury-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|31|301}})}}
| data-sort-value="Bessent, Scott" | [[File:Official portrait of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (cropped).jpg|125x125px]] 
[[Scott Bessent]]
|January 28, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of War" |[[File:US Department of Defense seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|10|113}})}}
| data-sort-value="Hegseth, Pete" | [[File:Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth official portrait (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Pete Hegseth]]
|January 25, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Attorney General" |[[File:US-DeptOfJustice-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|28|503}})}}
| data-sort-value="Bondi, Pam" | [[File:Pam Bondi official portrait (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Pam Bondi]]
|February 5, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of the Interior" |[[File:US-DeptOfTheInterior-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|43|1451}})}}
| data-sort-value="Burgum, Doug" | [[File:Doug Burgum 2025 DOI cropped portrait.jpg|125x125px]]
[[Doug Burgum]]
|February 1, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Agriculture" |[[File:Seal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|7|2202}})}}
| data-sort-value="Rollins, Brooke" | [[File:Second Portrait of Secretary Rollins (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Brooke Rollins]] 
|February 13, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Commerce" |[[File:US-DeptOfCommerce-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|15|1501}})}}
| data-sort-value="Lutnick, Howard" | [[File:Howard Lutnick 2025 (cropped1).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Howard Lutnick]]
|February 21, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Labor" |[[File:US-DeptOfLabor-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|29|551}})}}
| data-sort-value="Chavez-DeRemer, Lori" | [[File:Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer official portrait 2025 (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Lori Chavez-DeRemer]]
|March 11, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Health and Human Services" |[[File:US Department of Health and Human Services seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health and Human Services]]<br>{{small|(Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953,<br>{{USStat|67|631}} and {{UnitedStatesCode|42|3501}})}}
| data-sort-value="Kennedy Jr, Robert F" | [[File:Robert F. Kennedy Jr., official portrait (2025) (cropped 3-4).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.|Robert F. Kennedy Jr]].
|February 13, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Housing and Urban Development" |[[File:US-DeptOfHUD-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|42|3532}})}}
| data-sort-value="Turner, Scott" | [[File:Scott Turner, official portrait (2025).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Scott Turner (politician)|Scott Turner]]
|February 5, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Transportation" |[[File:United States Department of Transportation seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|49|102}})}}
| data-sort-value="Duffy, Sean" | [[File:Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Official Portrait (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Sean Duffy]]
|January 28, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Energy" |[[File:US-DeptOfEnergy-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|42|7131}})}}
| data-sort-value="Wright, Chris" | [[File:Secretary Chris Wright Official Portrait (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Chris Wright]]
|February 4, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Education" |[[File:US-DeptOfEducation-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|20|3411}})}}
| data-sort-value="McMahon, Linda" | [[File:Linda McMahon first day at the office, 2025 (cropped) (2).png|125x125px]]
[[Linda McMahon]]
|March 3, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Veterans Affairs" |[[File:Seal of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|38|303}})}}
| data-sort-value="Collins, Doug" | [[File:Official portrait of Douglas Collins, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (cropped) 3.jpeg|125x125px]]
[[Doug Collins (politician)|Doug Collins]]
|February 5, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Secretary of Homeland Security" |[[File:Seal of the United States Department of Homeland Security.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|6|112}})}}
| data-sort-value="Noem, Kristi" | [[File:Official Portrait of Secretary Kristi Noem (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
[[Kristi Noem]]
|January 25, 2025
|-
|}

===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 [[Officer of the United States|officers of the United States]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=Previous citation listed here was not relevant to any claims made in this paragraph.}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+Cabinet-level officials
|-
!scope="col" |Office
!scope="col" |Incumbent
!scope="col" data-sort-type="date" |Term began
|-
| data-sort-value="Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency" |[[File:Environmental Protection Agency logo.svg|75px]]<br>[[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]]<br>{{small|({{usc|5|906}}, {{Executive Order|11735}})}}
|data-sort-value="Zeldin, Lee"| [[File:Lee Zeldin EPA Official Portrait (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]<br>[[Lee Zeldin]]
|January 29, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Director of the Office of Management and Budget" |[[File:US-OfficeOfManagementAndBudget-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[Office of Management and Budget|Director of the Office of Management and Budget]]<br>{{small|({{usc|31|502}}, {{Executive Order|11541}},<br>{{Executive Order|11609}}, {{Executive Order|11717}})}}
|data-sort-value="Vought, Russell" | [[File:Russell Vought official portrait 2025.jpg|125x125px]]<br>[[Russell Vought]]
|February 7, 2025
|-
|data-sort-value="Director of National Intelligence" |[[File:Seal of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.svg|75px]]<br>[[Director of National Intelligence]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|50|3023}})}}
|data-sort-value="Gabbard, Tulsi" |[[File:Director Tulsi Gabbard Official Portrait (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]<br>[[Tulsi Gabbard]]
|February 12, 2025
|-
|data-sort-value="Director of the Central Intelligence Agency" |[[File:Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg|75px]]<br>[[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]<br>{{small|({{UnitedStatesCode|50|3036}})}}
|data-sort-value="Ratcliffe, John" |[[File:Official Portrait of CIA Director John Ratcliffe (cropped).webp|125x125px]]<br>[[John Ratcliffe]]
|January 23, 2025
|-
|data-sort-value="United States Trade Representative" |[[File:US-TradeRepresentative-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Trade Representative|Trade Representative]]<br>{{small|({{usc|19|2171}})}}
|data-sort-value="Greer, Jamieson"| [[File:Official portrait of U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (cropped 1).jpg|center|125x125px]][[Jamieson Greer]]
|February 27, 2025
|-
| data-sort-value="Administrator of the Small Business Administration" |[[File:US-SmallBusinessAdmin-Seal.svg|75px]]<br>[[Administrator of the Small Business Administration]]<br>{{small|({{usc|15|633}})}}
| data-sort-value="Loeffler, Kelly" |[[File:Kelly Loeffler, official portrait (2025) (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]<br>[[Kelly Loeffler]]
|February 20, 2025
|-
|data-sort-value="White House Chief of Staff" |[[File:Seal of the Executive Office of the President of the United States 2014.svg|75px]]<br>[[White House Chief of Staff]]<br>{{small|({{USStatute|76|19|53|561|1939|04|03}},<br>{{Executive Order|8248}}, {{Executive Order|10452}},<br>{{Executive Order|12608}})}}
|data-sort-value="Wiles, Susie" |[[File:Susie Wiles 2025 (edited crop).jpg|center|frameless|125x125px]][[Susie Wiles]]
|January 20, 2025
|}
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==Former executive and Cabinet-level departments==
* [[United States Department of War|Department of War]] (1789–1947), headed by the [[United States Secretary of War|secretary of war]]: renamed [[United States Department of the Army|Department of the Army]] by the [[National Security Act of 1947]] (in cabinet 1947-1949): became a military department within the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] in 1949; attempted to be revived by President Donald Trump on September 5, 2025 through an [[executive order]] authorizing "Department of War" and "secretary of war" as secondary titles to the main titles of "Department of Defense" and "secretary of defense."
* [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]] (1798–1949), headed by the [[United States Secretary of the Navy|secretary of the Navy]]: became a military department within the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].
* [[United States Post Office Department|Post Office Department]] (1829–1971), headed by the [[United States Postmaster General|postmaster general]]: reorganized as the [[United States Postal Service]], an [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agency]].
* [[National Military Establishment]] (1947–1949), headed by the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of Defense]]: created by the [[National Security Act of 1947]] and recreated as the Department of Defense in 1949.
* [[United States Department of the Army|Department of the Army]] (1947–1949), headed by the [[United States Secretary of the Army|secretary of the Army]]: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
* [[United States Department of the Air Force|Department of the Air Force]] (1947–1949), headed by the [[United States Secretary of the Air Force|secretary of the Air Force]]: became a military department within the Department of Defense.

==Renamed heads of the executive departments==
* [[List of secretaries of state of the United States|Secretary of Foreign Affairs]]: created in July 1781 and renamed Secretary of State in September 1789.<ref>The office of Secretary of Foreign Affairs existed under the [[Articles of Confederation]] from October 20, 1781, to March 3, 1789, the day before the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] came into force.</ref>
* [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]]: created in 1789 and was renamed as Secretary of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. The 1949 Amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 made the secretary of the Army a subordinate to the secretary of defense.
* [[United States Department of Commerce and Labor|Secretary of Commerce and Labor]]: created in 1903 and renamed [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] in 1913 when its labor functions were transferred to the new [[United States Secretary of Labor|secretary of labor]].
* [[United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare|Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]]: created in 1953 and renamed [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health and Human Services]] in 1979 when its education functions were transferred to the new [[United States Secretary of Education|secretary of education]].

==Positions intermittently elevated to Cabinet-rank==
* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] (1921–1923, 1929–present)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Spencer |date=2022-09-07 |title=Did Vice President Charles Curtis attend Hoover’s Cabinet meetings? |url=https://hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2022/09/07/curtis-at-cabinet-meetings/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Hoover Heads |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations|Ambassador to the United Nations]] (1953–1989, 1993–2001, 2009–2018, 2021–2025)
* [[Office of Management and Budget|Director of the Office of Management and Budget]] (1953–1961, 1969–present)
* [[White House Chief of Staff]] (1953–1961, 1974–1977, 1993–present)
* [[Counselor to the President]] (1969–1977, 1981–1985, 1992–1993): A title used by high-ranking political advisers to the president of the United States and senior members of the Executive Office of the President since the Nixon administration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=clayton-yeutter&pid=184350162|title=Clayton Yeutter's Obituary|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231194056/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=clayton-yeutter&pid=184350162|archive-date=December 31, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Those who held Cabinet-rank have included [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], [[Donald Rumsfeld]], and [[Anne L. Armstrong|Anne Armstrong]].
* [[White House Counsel]] (1974–1977)
* [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|United States Trade Representative]] (1975–present)
* [[Council of Economic Advisers|Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers]] (1977–1981, 1993–2001, 2009–2017, 2021–2025)
* [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] (1977–1981)
* [[Director of Central Intelligence]] (1981–1989, 1995–2001)<ref>{{Cite book | last = Tenet | first = George | author-link = George Tenet | title = At the Center of the Storm | publisher = HarperCollins | location = London | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-06-114778-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/atcenterofstormm00tene/page/136 136] | quote = Under President Clinton, I was a Cabinet member—a legacy of John Deutch's requirement when he took the job as DCI—but my contacts with the president, while always interesting, were sporadic. I could see him as often as I wanted but was not on a regular schedule. Under President Bush, the DCI lost its Cabinet-level status. | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/atcenterofstormm00tene}}</ref><ref name=com>{{cite magazine |author = Schoenfeld, Gabriel |title = The CIA Follies (Cont'd.) |magazine = Commentary |date = July–August 2007 |url = https://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-cia-follies--cont-d--10897?page=all |archive-url = https://archive.today/20121217125720/https://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-cia-follies--cont-d--10897?page=all |url-status = dead |archive-date = December 17, 2012 |access-date = May 22, 2009 |quote = Though he was to lose the Cabinet rank he had enjoyed under Clinton, he came to enjoy "extraordinary access" to the new President, who made it plain that he wanted to be briefed every day. }}</ref><ref name=nyt>{{cite news |author = Sciolino, Elaine |title = C.I.A. Chief Charts His Own Course |newspaper = New York Times |date = September 29, 1996 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/29/us/cia-chief-charts-his-own-course.html |access-date = May 22, 2009 |quote = It is no secret that Mr. Deutch initially turned down the intelligence position, and was rewarded for taking it by getting Cabinet rank. |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130530062105/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/29/us/cia-chief-charts-his-own-course.html |archive-date = May 30, 2013 |url-status = live |df = mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]] (1993–present)
* [[Office of National Drug Control Policy|Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy]] (1993–2009)<ref name=czar>{{Cite web |author = Clinton, Bill |title = Remarks by the President and Lee Brown, Director of Office of National Drug Control Policy |publisher = White House |date = July 1, 1993 |url = http://clinton6.nara.gov/1993/07/1993-07-01-presidents-remarks-at-swearing-in-of-lee-brown.html |access-date = May 22, 2009 |quote = We are here today to install a uniquely qualified person to lead our nation's effort in the fight against illegal drugs and what they do to our children, to our streets, and to our communities. And to do it for the first time from a position sitting in the President's Cabinet. |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721050309/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1993/07/1993-07-01-presidents-remarks-at-swearing-in-of-lee-brown.html |archive-date = July 21, 2011 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=csm>{{cite news |author = Cook, Dave |title = New drug czar gets lower rank, promise of higher visibility |newspaper = Christian Science Monitor |date = March 11, 2009 |url = http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/03/11/new-drug-czar-gets-lower-rank-promise-of-higher-visibility/ |access-date = March 16, 2009 |quote = For one thing, in the Obama administration the Drug Czar will not have Cabinet status, as the job did during George W. Bush's administration. |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090315040317/http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/03/11/new-drug-czar-gets-lower-rank-promise-of-higher-visibility/ |archive-date = March 15, 2009 |url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[Administrator of the Small Business Administration]] (1994–2001, 2012–present)
* [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (1996–2001): Created as an independent agency in 1979, raised to Cabinet rank in 1996,<ref name=rank>{{cite press release|title=President Clinton Raises FEMA Director to Cabinet Status |publisher=Federal Emergency Management Agency |date=February 26, 1996 |url=http://www.fema.gov/home/NWZ96/cabinet.htm |access-date=May 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970116185236/http://www.fema.gov/home/NWZ96/cabinet.htm |archive-date=January 16, 1997 }}</ref> and dropped from Cabinet rank in 2001.<ref name=cqfema>{{Cite web |author = Fowler, Daniel |title = Emergency Managers Make It Official: They Want FEMA Out of DHS |publisher = CQ Politics |date = November 19, 2008 |url = http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=hsnews-000002988269&cpage=1 |access-date = March 3, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081129170848/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=hsnews-000002988269&cpage=1 |archive-date = November 29, 2008 |quote = During the Clinton administration, FEMA Administrator James Lee Witt met with the Cabinet. His successor in the Bush administration, Joe M. Allbaugh, did not. |df = mdy-all}}(Archived March 3, 2010, by WebCite at</ref>
* [[Director of National Intelligence]] (2017–present)
* [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]] (2017–2021, 2023–present)
* [[Office of Science and Technology Policy|Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy]] (2021–2025)

==Proposed Cabinet departments==
* Department of Industry and Commerce, proposed by Secretary of the Treasury [[William Windom (politician)|William Windom]] in a speech given at a Chamber of Commerce dinner in May 1881.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1881/05/13/archives/a-department-of-commerce.html|title=A Department of Commerce|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1881-05-13}}</ref>
* Department of Natural Resources, proposed by the [[Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower administration]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFiOK24ZASgC&q=Eisenhower+proposes+Department+of+Natural+Resources&pg=PA159|title=Improving Management and Organization in Federal Natural Resources and Environmental Functions: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, U. S. Senate|date=April 1, 1998|publisher=Diane Publishing|access-date=February 20, 2017|via=Google Books|quote=Chairman Stevens. Thank you very much. I think both of you are really pointing in the same direction as this Committee. I do hope we can keep it on a bipartisan basis. Mr. Dean, when I was at the Interior Department, I drafted Eisenhower's Department of Natural Resources proposal, and we have had a series of them that have been presented.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114195305/https://books.google.com/books?id=gFiOK24ZASgC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=Eisenhower%20proposes%20Department%20of%20Natural%20Resources#v=onepage&q=Eisenhower%20proposes%20Department%20of%20Natural%20Resources|archive-date=January 14, 2019|url-status=live|isbn=9780788148743}}</ref> President [[Richard Nixon]],<ref name="Nixon">{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=2951|title=116—Special Message to the Congress on Executive Branch Reorganization|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara—The American Presidency Project|quote=The administration is today transmitting to the Congress four bills which, if enacted, would replace seven of the present executive departments and several other agencies with four new departments: the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Community Development, the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Economic Affairs.|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214101500/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=2951|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[1976 Republican National Convention|1976 GOP national platform]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25843|title=Republican Party Platform of 1976|date=August 18, 1976|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara—The American Presidency Project|access-date=March 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094440/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25843|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and by [[William M. Daley|Bill Daley]] (as a consolidation of the Departments of the Interior and Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency).<ref>{{Cite web|author=Thrush, Glenn|title=Locked in the Cabinet|work=[[Politico]]|date=November 8, 2013|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/locked-in-the-cabinet-99374_Page3.html|access-date=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117102623/http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/locked-in-the-cabinet-99374_Page3.html|archive-date=November 17, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Department of Peace]], proposed by [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] [[Benjamin Rush]] in 1793, Senator [[Matthew M. Neely|Matthew Neely]] in the 1930s, Congressman [[Dennis Kucinich]], 2020 and 2024 presidential candidate [[Marianne Williamson]], and other members of the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/essaysliterarym00rushgoog|quote=benjamin rush peace plan office.|chapter=A plan of a Peace-Office for the United States|title=Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical.|last=Rush|first=Benjamin, M.D.|year=1806|edition=2nd|pages=[https://archive.org/details/essaysliterarym00rushgoog/page/n197 183]–188|publisher=Thomas and William Bradford, Philadelphia|accessdate=2010-06-03}}</ref><ref name='Schuman'>{{cite book | last = Schuman | first = Frederick L. | title = Why a Department of Peace | publisher = Another Mother for Peace | year = 1969 | location = Beverly Hills | pages = 56 | oclc = 339785 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/54/130/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720174929/http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/54/130/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-07-20|title=History of Legislation to Create a Dept. of Peace}}</ref>
* Department of Social Welfare, proposed by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in January 1937.<ref name="Roosevelt">{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15342|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara—The American Presidency Project|title=10—Summary of the Report of the Committee on Administrative Management|quote=Overhaul the more than 100 separate departments, boards, commissions, administrations, authorities, corporations, committees, agencies and activities which are now parts of the Executive Branch, and theoretically under the President, and consolidate them within twelve regular departments, which would include the existing ten departments and two new departments, a Department of Social Welfare, and a Department of Public Works. Change the name of the Department of Interior to Department of Conservation.|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164512/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15342|archive-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Public Works, proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1937.<ref name="Roosevelt"/>
* Department of Conservation (renamed Department of the Interior), proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in January 1937.<ref name="Roosevelt"/>
* Department of Urban Affairs and Housing, proposed by President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8699|title=23—Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 1 of 1962|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara—The American Presidency Project|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002721/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8699|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Business and Labor, proposed by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=28141|title=121–Special Message to the Congress: The Quality of American Government|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara—The American Presidency Project|quote=In my State of the Union Address, and later in my Budget and Economic Messages to the Congress, I proposed the creation of a new Department of Business and Labor.|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002341/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=28141|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Community Development, proposed by President Richard Nixon; to be chiefly concerned with rural infrastructure development.<ref name="Nixon"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3608|title=33—Special Message to the Congress on Rural Development|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara—The American Presidency Project|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002722/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3608|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Human Resources, proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a revised Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.<ref name="Nixon"/>
* Department of Economic Affairs, proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a consolidation of the Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=2951|title=116—Special Message to the Congress on Executive Branch Reorganization|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara—The American Presidency Project|quote=The new Department of Economic Affairs would include many of the offices that are now within the Departments of Commerce, Labor and Agriculture. A large part of the Department of Transportation would also be relocated here, including the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Railroad Administration, the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Transportation Systems Center, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Motor Carrier Safety Bureau and most of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Small Business Administration, the Science Information Exchange program from the Smithsonian Institution, the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Office of Technology Utilization from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would also be included in the new Department.|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214101500/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=2951|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Environmental Protection, proposed by Senator [[Arlen Specter]] and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_02-RMSP3.htm|title=Public Notes on 02-RMSP3|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613094946/http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_02-RMSP3.htm|archive-date=June 13, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* Department of Intelligence, proposed by former [[Director of National Intelligence]] [[Mike McConnell (U.S. Naval officer)|Mike McConnell]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = A Conversation with Michael McConnell| work=[[Council on Foreign Relations]] (Federal News Service, rush transcript)| date = June 29, 2007| url = http://www.cfr.org/intelligence/conversation-michael-mcconnell-rush-transcript-federal-news-service/p13703| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130117042421/http://www.cfr.org/intelligence/conversation-michael-mcconnell-rush-transcript-federal-news-service/p13703| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 17, 2013| access-date =January 9, 2013}}</ref>
* Department of Global Development, proposed by the [[Center for Global Development]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgdev.org/article/time-cabinet-level-us-department-global-development|title=Time for a Cabinet-Level U.S. Department of Global Development|work=The Center for Global Development|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114195305/https://www.cgdev.org/article/time-cabinet-level-us-department-global-development|archive-date=January 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Art, proposed by [[Quincy Jones]].<ref>{{Cite magazine| author = Clarke, John Jr.| title = Quincy Jones Lobbies Obama for Secretary of Culture Post| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]| date = January 16, 2009| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/15765/90864| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120908204104/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/15765/90864| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 8, 2012| access-date = August 19, 2010}}</ref>
* Department of Business, proposed by President [[Barack Obama]] as a consolidation of the U.S. Department of Commerce's core business and trade functions, the Small Business Administration, the [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|Office of the U.S. Trade Representative]], the [[Export–Import Bank of the United States|Export-Import Bank]], the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]], and the [[United States Trade and Development Agency|U.S. Trade and Development Agency]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/13/president-obama-announces-proposal-reform-reorganize-and-consolidate-gov|title=President Obama Announces proposal to reform, reorganize and consolidate Government|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080315/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/13/president-obama-announces-proposal-reform-reorganize-and-consolidate-gov|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=live|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/29/obama-suggests-secretary-of-business-in-a-second-term/|work=The Wall Street Journal|title=Obama Suggests 'Secretary of Business' in a 2nd Term—Washington Wire—WSJ|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301053228/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/29/obama-suggests-secretary-of-business-in-a-second-term/|archive-date=March 1, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* Department of Education and the Workforce, proposed by President [[Donald Trump]] as a consolidation of the Departments of Education and Labor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/06/21/622189097/white-house-proposes-merging-education-and-labor-departments|title=White House Proposes Merging Education And Labor Departments|work=NPR.org|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621234348/https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/06/21/622189097/white-house-proposes-merging-education-and-labor-departments|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* Department of Health and Public Welfare, proposed by President [[Donald Trump]] as a renamed Department of Health and Human Services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf|title=Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century {{!}} Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations|date=2018|website=[[whitehouse.gov]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412132813/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf|archive-date=April 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Economic Development, proposed by Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] to replace the Commerce Department, subsume other agencies like the Small Business Administration and the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|Patent and Trademark Office]], and include research and development programs, worker training programs, and export and trade authorities like the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative with the single goal of creating and protecting American jobs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@teamwarren/a-plan-for-economic-patriotism-13b879f4cfc7|title=A Plan For Economic Patriotism|last=Warren|first=Team|date=2019-06-04|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731023456/https://medium.com/@teamwarren/a-plan-for-economic-patriotism-13b879f4cfc7|archive-date=July 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Technology, proposed by businessman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate [[Andrew Yang]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yang2020.com/policies/regulating-ai-emerging-technologies/|title=Regulate AI and other Emerging Technologies|website=Andrew Yang for President|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820174006/https://www.yang2020.com/policies/regulating-ai-emerging-technologies/|archive-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Department of Culture, patterned on similar departments in many foreign nations, proposed by, among others, [[Murray Moss]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Garber|first=Megan|date=2013-07-01|title=Should the U.S. Have a Secretary of Culture?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/should-the-us-have-a-secretary-of-culture/277409/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref> and Jeva Lange.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Hey Joe—appoint a culture secretary|url=https://theweek.com/articles/949759/hey-joe--appoint-culture-secretary|access-date=2021-01-22|website=theweek.com|language=en}}</ref>
* When he was SEC Chairman, [[Harvey Pitt]] proposed that the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|Securities and Exchange Commission]] be elevated to Cabinet level. In July 2002, ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] members of Congress joined administration officials today in ridiculing Harvey L. Pitt's request that his pay be increased and his job as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission be elevated to Cabinet rank ... evoking an outpouring of bipartisan scorn."<ref name=autogenerated3>Stephen Labaton (July 25, 2002). [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/business/sec-chief-draws-ridicule-in-quest-for-higher-status.html "S.E.C. Chief Draws Ridicule In Quest for Higher Status,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The New York Times''.</ref> Pitt had tried to insert a provision into corporate antifraud legislation increasing his pay by 21%, and also elevating his status to Cabinet level, at a time when the stock markets had sunk to five-year lows and some congressional leaders were calling for his resignation.<ref name="autoab">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/business/top-democrats-and-white-house-battle-over-sec-chairman.html|title=Top Democrats and White House Battle Over S.E.C. Chairman|first=Stephen|last=Labaton|date=October 9, 2002|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>Stephen Labaton (November 6, 2002). [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/06/business/sec-s-embattled-chief-resigns-in-wake-of-latest-political-storm.html "S.E.C.'s Embattled Chief Resigns In Wake of Latest Political Storm,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The New York Times''.</ref><ref>[https://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/SEC-Harvey-Chairman-Pitt-shows-a-tin-ear-2099758.php "SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt shows a tin ear,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Houston Chronicle'', July 25, 2002.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/business/article/lawmakers-blast-pitt-s-pay-request-2069371.php|title=Lawmakers blast Pitt's pay request|date=July 25, 2002|website=Chron}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Black Cabinet]]
* [[Brain trust]]
* [[Second cabinet of Donald Trump]]
* [[Cabinet of the Confederate States of America]]
* [[Kitchen Cabinet]]
* [[List of African-American United States Cabinet members]]
* [[List of Hispanic and Latino American United States Cabinet members]]
* [[List of female United States Cabinet members]]
* [[List of foreign-born United States Cabinet members]]
* [[List of people who have held multiple United States Cabinet-level positions]]
* [[List of United States Cabinet members who have served more than eight years]]
* [[List of United States political appointments across party lines|List of United States political appointments that crossed party lines]]
* [[St. Wapniacl]] (historical mnemonic acronym)
* [[United States presidential line of succession]]
* [[Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Bennett, Anthony. ''The American President's Cabinet''. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1996. {{ISBN|0-333-60691-4}}. A study of the U.S. Cabinet from Kennedy to Clinton.
* Grossman, Mark. ''Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet'' (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO; three volumes, 2000; reprint, New York: Greyhouse Publishing; two volumes, 2010). A history of the United States and Confederate States Cabinets, their secretaries, and their departments.
* Rudalevige, Andrew. "The President and the Cabinet", in Michael Nelson, ed., ''The Presidency and the Political System'', 8th ed. (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006).

==External links==
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* [https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/the-cabinet/ Official site of the President's Cabinet]
* [https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/StateUnionCabinet.pdf U.S. Senate's list of Cabinet members who did not attend the State of the Union Address (since 1984)]

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