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Political appointments of the second Trump administration

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This is a list of political appointments of officeholders made by the incoming 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump.

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  Denotes appointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation.
  Denotes appointees confirmed by the Senate.
  Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
  Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
  Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
  Denotes nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.

Executive Office of the President

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

White House Office

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Office of the Chief of Staff

White House Chief of Staff

Susie Wiles[1]
January 20, 2025

White House Deputy Chief of Staff

Dan Scavino[2]

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
(Policy)

Stephen Miller[3]

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
(Legislative, Political and Public Affairs)
James Blair[4]

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
(Communications and Personnel)
Taylor Budowich[4]
Senior Advisors and Counselors to the President

Counselor to the President

Alina Habba[5]
January 20, 2025

Senior Counselor to the President

Peter Navarro[6]

Senior Advisor to the President on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs

Massad Boulos[7]
Office of Communications

White House Communications Director

Steven Cheung[8]
January 20, 2025
Office of the Press Secretary

White House Press Secretary

Karoline Leavitt[9]
January 20, 2025
Office of the First Lady

Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Hayley Harrison[10]
January 20, 2025
White House Director of Legislative Affairs

White House Director of Legislative Affairs
James Braid[11] January 20, 2025
Office of Public Liaison

Director of the Office of Public Liaison
Alex Latcham[11] January 20, 2025
Office of Political Affairs

Director of the Office of Political Affairs
Matt Brasseaux[11] January 20, 2025
Office of the White House Counsel

White House Counsel

David Warrington[12]
January 20, 2025
Presidential Personnel Office

Director of Presidential Personnel Office
Sergio Gor[13] January 20, 2025
National Economic Council

Director of the National Economic Council

Kevin Hassett[14]
January 20, 2025
National Energy Council

Chair of the National Energy Council

Doug Burgum[15]
January 20, 2025
Domestic Policy Council

Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Vince Haley[16] January 20, 2025
National Security Council

National Security Advisor

Michael Waltz[17]
January 20, 2025

Deputy National Security Advisor

Alex Wong[18]

Homeland Security Advisor

Stephen Miller[3]

Deputy Homeland Security Advisor
Tony Salisbury[19]

Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Counterterrorism

Sebastian Gorka[20]
Office of the Staff Secretary

White House Staff Secretary
Will Scharf[21] January 20, 2025
Office of Science and Technology Policy

Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Michael Kratsios
January 20, 2025

Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Lynne Parker

Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

David O. Sacks[22]

Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence
Sriram Krishnan[23]
President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets

Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets
Bo Hines[24] January 20, 2025
President's Intelligence Advisory Board

Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board

Devin Nunes[25]
January 20, 2025
Council of Economic Advisers

Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Stephen Miran[26] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Office of Management and Budget

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Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Russell Vought[27]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Dan Bishop[28]

Chief of Staff the Office of Management and Budget
Ed Martin[28] January 20, 2025

General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget

Mark Paoletta[29]

Office of the United States Trade Representative

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Trade Representative

Jamieson Greer[30]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Executive branch czars

White House AI & Crypto Czar

David O. Sacks[22]
January 20, 2025

White House Border Czar

Tom Homan[31]

White House Energy Czar

Doug Burgum[32]
Department of Government Efficiency

Co-Chair of the Department of Government Efficiency

Elon Musk[33]
Awaiting establishment of the commission

Vivek Ramaswamy[33]

Member of the Department of Government Efficiency

Katie Miller[34]

Counsel to the Department of Government Efficiency
Bill McGinley[35]

Department of Agriculture

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Agriculture

Brooke Rollins[36]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

Stephen Vaden[37]

Department of Commerce

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Commerce

Howard Lutnick[38]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Defense

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Defense

Pete Hegseth[39]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Secretary of Defense
Stephen Feinberg[40]

Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense
Joe Kasper[40] January 20, 2025

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Michael Duffey[40] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Keith Bass[40]

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Elbridge Colby[40]

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Emil Michael[40]
Department of the Army

Secretary of the Army
Daniel P. Driscoll[41] Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Department of the Navy

Secretary of the Navy
John Phelan[42] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Education

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Education

Linda McMahon[43]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Energy

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Energy

Chris Wright[44]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Health and Human Services

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[45]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
Jim O'Neill[46]

Surgeon General of the United States
Janette Nesheiwat[47]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dave Weldon[48]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Mehmet Oz[49][50]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Food and Drug Administration

Commissioner of Food and Drugs

Marty Makary[51]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation
National Institutes of Health

Director of the National Institutes of Health

Jay Bhattacharya[52]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Homeland Security

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Homeland Security

Kristi Noem[31]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Troy Edgar[53]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Rodney Scott[54]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Caleb Vitello[55] January 20, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Scott Turner[56]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of the Interior

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of the Interior

Doug Burgum[57]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Justice

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Attorney General

Pam Bondi[58]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Attorney General

Todd Blanche[59]

Solicitor General
D. John Sauer[60]

Assistant Attorney General
(Antitrust Division)

Gail Slater[61]

Assistant Attorney General
(Civil Rights Division)

Harmeet Dhillon[29]

Assistant Attorney General
(Office of Legal Policy)
Aaron Reitz[62]

Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General
Emil Bove[63] January 20, 2025

Chief of Staff to the Attorney General
Chad Mizelle[62]
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Kash Patel[64]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation
United States Attorneys

U.S. Attorney for the S.D. of New York

Jay Clayton[65]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Labor

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Labor

Lori Chavez-DeRemer[66]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of State

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of State

Marco Rubio[31]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Secretary of State

Christopher Landau[67]

Deputy Secretary of State
(Management and Resources)

Michael Rigas[68]

Under Secretary of State
(Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment)

Jacob Helberg[28]

Chief of Protocol

Monica Crowley[69]

Counselor of the Department of State
Michael Needham[70] January 20, 2025

Director of Policy Planning

Michael Anton[71]
Ambassadors to foreign states

Ambassador to Argentina
Peter Lamelas[72] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Ambassador to Austria
Arthur Fisher[73]

Ambassador to the Bahamas

Herschel Walker[74]

Ambassador to Belgium

Bill White[75]

Ambassador to Canada

Pete Hoekstra[76]

Ambassador to Chile
Brandon Judd[77]

Ambassador to China

David Perdue[78]

Ambassador to Colombia
Dan Newlin[72]

Ambassador to Croatia
Nicole McGraw[79]

Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
Leah Campos[73]

Ambassador to Denmark

Ken Howery

Ambassador to France
Charles Kushner[80]

Ambassador to Greece

Kimberly Guilfoyle[28]

Ambassador to the Holy See
Brian Burch[81]

Ambassador to Ireland
Edward Sharp Walsh[82]

Ambassador to Israel

Mike Huckabee[83]

Ambassador to Italy

Tilman Fertitta

Ambassador to Japan

George Edward Glass[73]

Ambassador to Luxembourg
Stacey Feinberg[73]

Ambassador to Malta
Somers Farkas[84]

Ambassador to Mexico

Ronald D. Johnson

Ambassador to Panama
Kevin Marino Cabrera[85]

Ambassador to Portugal
John Arrigo[86]

Ambassador to Switzerland

Callista Gingrich

Ambassador to Turkey
Tom Barrack[28]

Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Warren Stephens[87]

Ambassador to Uruguay
Lou Rinaldi[73]
Ambassadors to international organizations

Ambassador to the Organization of American States
Leandro Rizutto Jr.[72] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Ambassador to the United Nations

Elise Stefanik[31]

Permanent Representative to NATO

Matthew Whitaker[88]
Special envoys, representatives, and coordinators

Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs

Adam Boehler[89]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions

Richard Grenell[82]
January 20, 2025

Special Envoy for Latin America

Mauricio Claver-Carone[90]

Special Envoy for Middle East

Steve Witkoff[91]

Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia

Keith Kellogg[92]

Special Envoy for the United Kingdom

Mark Burnett[93]

Department of Transportation

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Transportation

Sean Duffy[94]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Federal Railroad Administration

Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration
David Fink[95] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of the Treasury

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of the Treasury

Scott Bessent[96]

Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Michael Faulkender[97]

Internal Revenue Service

Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Billy Long[98]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Veterans Affairs

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Doug Collins[99]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Independent intelligence agencies

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Office of the Director of National Intelligence

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Director of National Intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard[100]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Central Intelligence Agency

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

John Ratcliffe[101]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Other independent agencies

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Agency for Global Media

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Director of Voice of America

Kari Lake[102]
TBD

Environmental Protection Agency

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Lee Zeldin[31]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Jared Isaacman[103]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Office of Personnel Management

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Director of the Office of Personnel Management
Scott Kupor[104] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Small Business Administration

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Kelly Loeffler[105]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Social Security Administration

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
Frank Bisignano[106] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Independent Commissions

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office
Federal Communications Commission

Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

Brendan Carr[107]
January 20, 2025
Federal Trade Commission

Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission

Andrew N. Ferguson[108]
January 20, 2025

Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
Mark Meador[108] Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Securities and Exchange Commission

Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Paul S. Atkins[109]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Withdrawn candidates

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Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Attorney General

Matt Gaetz
November 13, 2024[110] November 21, 2024[111]

Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration

Chad Chronister
December 1, 2024[112] December 3, 2024[113]

Reception

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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.[114]

As of November 25, 2024, a CBS News poll found 59% of Americans approve of the presidential transition.[115]

See also

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