President-Elect Trump’s Cabinet Nominations and Appointments
I will continue to update cabinet nominations and other appointments as they are announced. The nominations and appointments, to date, are as follows:
- Secretary of Commerce: Howard Lutnick, the chair and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and is also currently serving as co-chair of the Trump transition.
- Secretary of Defense: Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality and former national guardsman.
- Secretary Department of Energy: Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy, a Denver oilfield firm.
- Secretary Department of Health and Human Services: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of Robert F. Kennedy
- Secretary Homeland Security: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem
- Secretary of State: Florida Senator Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Secretary of Transportation: Sean Duffy former member of Congress (R-WI), former sports commentator, and reality TV personality.
- Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA)
- Secretary of the Interior: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum
- Director Central Intelligence Agency: Former Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX)
- Director of National Intelligence: Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Army reserve officer and Army National Guardsman.
- Attorney General: Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Deputy Attorney General: Todd Blanche
- Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General: Emil Bove
- Solicitor General: John Sauer
- Administrator Environmental Protection Agency: Former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
- Chairman, Federal Communications Commission: Brendan Carr, the current top Republican on the FCC.
- United Nations Ambassador: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
- Ambassador to Israel: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
- Chief of staff: Susie Wiles
- Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President: Dan Scavino, Director of Social Media for the Trump 2016 Presidential Campaign.
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security: Steven Miller
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs: James Blair
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Personnel: Taylor Budowich
- Presidential Personnel Office Director: Sergio Gor
- National Security Adviser: Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL)
- Press Secretary: Karoline Leavitt to serve as press secretary
- White House Counsel: Bill McGinley
- Border Czar: Tom Homan
- Special Envoy to the Middle East: Steven Witkoff, Florida real estate investor
- Staff Secretary to the President: Will Scharf, Trump’s personal attorney and former Federal prosecutor
- Department of Government Efficiency (nongovernmental): Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy