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This is a list ofpolitical appointments of officeholders made by the47thpresident of the United States,Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Agriculture | Brooke Rollins[1] | February 13, 2025 (Confirmed February 13, 2025, 72–28)[RC 1] | |
Gary Washington[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 13, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture | Stephen Vaden[3] | July 7, 2025 (Confirmed June 10, 2025, 51–44)[RC 2] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Commerce | Howard Lutnick[4] | February 21, 2025 (Confirmed February 18, 2025, 51–45)[RC 3] | |
Jeremy Pelter[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 21, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Commerce | Paul Dabbar | June 26, 2025 (Confirmed June 25, 2025, 56-40)[RC 4] | |
Jeremy Pelter | February 21, 2025 | June 26, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Defense | Pete Hegseth[5] | January 25, 2025 (Confirmed January 24, 2025, 51–50)[RC 5] | |
Robert G. Salesses[2] | January 20, 2025 | January 25, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Defense | Stephen Feinberg[6] | March 17, 2025 (Confirmed March 14, 2025, 59–40)[RC 6] | |
Robert G. Salesses | January 28, 2025 | March 17, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Education | Linda McMahon[7] | March 3, 2025[8] (Confirmed March 3, 2025, 51–45)[RC 7] | |
Denise L. Carter[2] | January 20, 2025 | March 3, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Education | Richard Smith | January 20, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Energy | Chris Wright[9] | February 4, 2025 (Confirmed February 3, 2025, 59–38)[RC 8] | |
Ingrid Kolb[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 4, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Energy | James Danly | June 11, 2025 (Confirmed May 13, 2025, 52–44)[RC 9] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Health and Human Services | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[10] | February 13, 2025 (Confirmed February 13, 2025, 52–48)[RC 10] | |
Dorothy Fink[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 13, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services | Jim O'Neill[11] | June 9, 2025 (Confirmed June 5, 2025, 52–43)[RC 11] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Homeland Security | Kristi Noem[12] | January 25, 2025 (Confirmed January 25, 2025, 59–34)[RC 12] | |
Benjamine Huffman[2] | January 20, 2025 | January 25, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | Troy Edgar[13] | March 8, 2025 (Confirmed March 6, 2025, 53–43)[RC 13] | |
Benjamine Huffman | January 28, 2025 | February 4, 2025 | |
MaryAnn Tierney[2] | January 20, 2025 | January 28, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Scott Turner[14] | February 5, 2025 (Confirmed February 5, 2025, 55–44)[RC 14] | |
Matt Ammon[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 5, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Andrew Hughes | June 27, 2025 (Confirmed June 10, 2025, 51–43)[RC 15] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of the Interior | Doug Burgum[15] | February 1, 2025 (Confirmed January 30, 2025, 80–17)[RC 16] | |
Walter Cruickshank[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 1, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of the Interior | Katharine MacGregor | June 9, 2025 (Confirmed May 14, 2025, 54–40)[RC 17] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Attorney General | Pam Bondi[16] | February 5, 2025 (Confirmed February 4, 2025, 54–46)[RC 18] | |
| James McHenry[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 5, 2025 | |
Deputy Attorney General | Todd Blanche[17] | March 6, 2025 (Confirmed March 5, 2025, 52–46)[RC 19] | |
Emil Bove | January 20, 2025 | March 6, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Labor | Lori Chavez-DeRemer[18] | March 11, 2025 (Confirmed March 10, 2025, 67–32)[RC 20] | |
Vince Micone[2] | January 20, 2025 | March 11, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Labor | Keith Sonderling[19] | March 14, 2025 (Confirmed March 12, 2025, 53–46)[RC 21] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of State | Marco Rubio[12] | January 21, 2025 (Confirmed January 20, 2025, 99–0)[RC 22] | |
Lisa D. Kenna[2] | January 20, 2025 | January 21, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of State | Christopher Landau[20] | March 25, 2025 (Confirmed March 24, 2025, 60–31)[RC 23] | |
| Ambassadors to the United Nations | |||
Ambassador to the United Nations | Mike Waltz | September 21, 2025 1st Vote (Confirmed September 19, 2025, 47–43)[RC 24] 2nd Vote (Confirmed September 29, 2025, 54–45)[RC 25] | |
Dorothy Shea | January 20, 2025 | September 21, 2025 | |
Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations | Tammy Bruce | December 29, 2025 (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 26] | |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Transportation | Sean Duffy[21] | January 28, 2025 (Confirmed January 28, 2025, 77–22)[RC 27] | |
Judith Kaleta[2] | January 20, 2025 | January 28, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Transportation | Steven G. Bradbury | March 13, 2025 (Confirmed March 11, 2025, 51–46)[RC 28] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of the Treasury | Scott Bessent[22] | January 28, 2025[23] (Confirmed January 27, 2025, 68–29)[RC 29] | |
David Lebryk[2] | January 20, 2025 | January 28, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | Derek Theurer | October 7, 2025 | |
Michael Faulkender[24] | March 28, 2025 (Confirmed March 26, 2025, 53–43)[RC 30] | August 22, 2025 | |
Dan Katz | February 3, 2025 | March 28, 2025 | |
David Lebryk | January 20, 2025 | January 31, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Doug Collins[25] | February 5, 2025 (Confirmed February 4, 2025, 77–23)[RC 31] | |
Todd B. Hunter[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 5, 2025 | |
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Paul Lawrence | March 29, 2025 (Confirmed March 27, 2025, 51–45)[RC 32] | |
General Counsel of Veterans Affairs | James Baehr | October 15, 2025[26] (Confirmed* October 7, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 107 nominees.[RC 33] | |
Inspector General of Veterans Affairs | Cheryl L. Mason[27] | August 4, 2025[28] (Confirmed July 31, 2025, 53–45)[RC 34] | |
Chief Financial Officer of Veterans Affairs | Richard Topping | July 30, 2025[29] (Confirmed July 24, 2025, 51–47)[RC 35] | |
Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs | Sam Brown[30] | August 1, 2025 (Confirmed July 29, 2025, 54–44)[RC 36] | |
Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health | John J. Bartrum | January 9, 2026[31] (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 37] | |
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs | Donald Bergin | TBD (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–44) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 38] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of National Intelligence | Tulsi Gabbard[32] | February 12, 2025 (Confirmed February 12, 2025, 52–48)[RC 39] | |
Lora Shiao | January 25, 2025 | February 12, 2025 | |
Stacey Dixon[2] | January 20, 2025 | January 25, 2025 | |
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence | Aaron Lukas | July 24, 2025 (Confirmed July 22, 2025, 51–46)[RC 40] | |
Director of the National Counterterrorism Center | Joe Kent | July 31, 2025 (Confirmed July 30, 2025, 52–44)[RC 41] | |
| Don Holstead[33] | January 20, 2025 | May 9, 2025 | |
Director of the National Counter Intelligence and Security Center | George Wesley Street | September 19, 2025[34] (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–44) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 42] | |
General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence | John Dever | October 8, 2025 (Confirmed* October 7, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 107 nominees.[RC 43] | |
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community | Christopher Fox | October 16, 2025[35] (Confirmed* October 7, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 107 nominees.[RC 44] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | John Ratcliffe[36] | January 23, 2025 (Confirmed January 23, 2025, 74–25)[RC 45] | |
| Tom Sylvester[2] | January 20, 2025 | January 23, 2025 | |
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Michael Ellis | February 10, 2025 (Appointed by the President) | |
General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency | Joshua Simmons | January 8, 2026[37] (Confirmed January 6, 2026, 53–47)[RC 46] | |
Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency | Peter Thomson | TBD (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–44) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 47] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Administrator of the Small Business Administration | Kelly Loeffler[39] | February 20, 2025 (Confirmed February 19, 2025, 52–46)[RC 58] | |
Everett Woodel[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 20, 2025 | |
Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration | Bill Briggs[40] | July 23, 2025 (Confirmed July 9, 2025, 49–45)[RC 59] | |
Chief Counsel for Advocacy | Casey B. Mulligan | August 5, 2025[41] (Confirmed August 1, 2025, 52–44)[RC 60] | |
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration | William Kirk | January 6, 2026 (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 61] | |
Assistant Administrator for Disaster Recovery and Resilience | Chris Stallings | September 9, 2025 (Appointed by the President) |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media | Victor Morales | March 25, 2025 | August 24, 2025 |
Kari Lake[42] | August 24, 2025 | ||
| Deputy CEO of theU.S. Agency for Global Media | July, 2025 | ||
| Senior Advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media | March 3, 2025 | ||
Deputy Director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media | Brian Conniff | Awaiting Senate Confirmation |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | Russell Vought | August 29, 2025 | |
Marco Rubio | February 3, 2025 | August 29, 2025 | |
Jason Gray[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 3, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Russell Vought | February 7, 2025 | |
Scott Bessent | February 3, 2025 | February 7, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Chairman and President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States | John Jovanovic | September 19, 2025 (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–44) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 62] | |
| James C. Cruse | February 28, 2025 | September 19, 2025 | |
Spencer Bachus | January 30, 2025 | February 28, 2025 | |
Vice Chairman and Vice President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States | Bryce Mcferran | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
| James G. Burrows, Jr. | February 28, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration | Jeffery S. Hall[43] | January 20, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Travis Hill[43] | January 13, 2026 (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 63] | |
| January 20, 2025 | January 13, 2026 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency | Bill Pulte[44] | March 14, 2025 (Confirmed March 13, 2025, 56–43)[RC 64] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority | Colleen Kiko | February 11, 2025 | |
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority | Charles Arrington | January 6, 2026 (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 65] | |
General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority | Charlton Allen | Awaiting Senate Confirmation |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve for Supervision | Michelle Bowman | June 9, 2025 (Confirmed June 4, 2025, 48–46)[RC 66] | |
Member of theFederal Reserve Board of Governors | Stephen Miran | September 16, 2025 (Confirmed September 15, 2025, 48–47)[RC 67] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Administrator of General Services | Edward Forst | December 24, 2025 (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 68] | |
Michael Rigas | July 21, 2025 | December 24, 2025 | |
Stephen Ehikian[2] | January 20, 2025 | July 21, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services | Keith E. Sonderling | March 20, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | Benjamin Black | October 7, 2025 (Confirmed* October 7, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 107 nominees.[RC 69] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Librarian of Congress | Todd Blanche[45] | May 12, 2025 (disputed) | ? |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority | Trent Morse | TBD (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 70] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Jared Isaacman | December 18, 2025 (Confirmed December 17, 2025, 67–30)[RC 71] | |
Sean Duffy[46] | July 9, 2025 | December 18, 2025 | |
Janet Petro[2] | January 20, 2025 | July 9, 2025 | |
Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Matthew P. Anderson[47] | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
Chief Financial Officer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Greg Autry[48] | Awaiting Senate Confirmation |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Archivist of the United States | Marco Rubio | February 16, 2025 | February 4, 2026 |
William J. Bosanko | February 7, 2025 | February 16, 2025 | |
Senior Advisor to the Archivist of the United States | Jim Byron | February 16, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration | Kyle S. Hauptman[43] | January 20, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts | Mary Anne Carter | TBD (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 72] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Board of Directors of National Railroad Passenger Corporation | Robert Gleason | November 2025 (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–44) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 73] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Office of Government Ethics | Eric Ueland | August 26, 2025 | |
Jamieson Greer | April 1, 2025 | August 26, 2025 | |
Doug Collins | February 12, 2025 | April 1, 2025 | |
| Shelley Finlayson | February 10, 2025 | February 12, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Office of Personnel Management | Scott Kupor[49] | July 14, 2025 (Confirmed July 9, 2025, 49–46)[RC 74] | |
| Charles Ezell[2] | January 20, 2025 | July 14, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Special Counsel of the United States | Jamieson Greer | April 1, 2025 | |
Doug Collins | March 5, 2025 | April 1, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | Janet Dhillon | November 3, 2025 (Confirmed* October 7, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 107 nominees.[RC 75] | |
Alice Maroni | March 17, 2025 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration | Frank Bisignano[50] | May 7, 2025 (Confirmed May 6, 2025, 53–47)[RC 76] | |
Leland Dudek | February 16, 2025[51] | May 7, 2025 | |
Michelle King[2] | January 20, 2025 | February 16, 2025[52][53] | |
Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Admimistration | Arjun Mody | January 5, 2026[54] (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 77] |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority | Mitch Graves | TBD (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 78] | |
| Jeff Hagood | TBD (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 79] | ||
| Randall Jones | TBD (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 80] | ||
| Arthur Graham | TBD (Confirmed* December 18, 2025, 53–43) *En bloc confirmation of 97 nominees.[RC 81] | ||
| Lee Beaman | Awaiting Senate Confirmation |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
United States Director of the African Development Bank | Ademola Adewale-Sadik | Awaiting Senate Confirmation |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
United States Director of the Asian Development Bank | Robert Sweeney | Awaiting Senate Confirmation |
On November 14, 2024,Reuters characterized Trump's nominations thus far as rewarding loyalists, with some nominees having notably few qualifications for their proposed job.[95]
A CBS News poll released on November 25, 2024 found that 59% of Americans approve of the presidential transition.[96]
Confirmation votes
Cheryl Mason, of North Carolina, to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs.