Study Notes
The Trump Cabinet
- Level:
- A-Level
- Board:
- AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas
Last updated 22 Mar 2021
Subject to Senate Confirmation, this is the who's who in the Trump Cabinet. As good political scholars you will of course remember that there is no real constitutional basis for the Cabinet as all executive power is vested in the President. With a Republican controlled Congress any nominees here are likely to be confirmed shortly after Mr Trump's inaugaration.

The Cabinet
Vice President: Mike Pence - Governor of Indiana
Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson - Former Exxon Mobil Executive
Secretary of the Treasury: Steven Mnuchin - Former Goldman Sachs Partner
Secretary of Defence: James Mattis - Retired Marine Corps General
Attorney General: Jeff Sessions - Senator from Alabama
Secretary of the Interior: Ryan Zinke - Representative from Montana
Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur Ross - Investor and former Banker
Secretary of Labor: Andrew Puzder - CEO of CKE Restaruants
Secretary of Health and Human Services: - Tom Price - Representative from Georgia
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Dr Ben Carson - Former Republican Presidential Canididate
Secretary of Transportation: - Elaine Chao - Secretary of Labor from Kentucky
Secretary of Energy: Rick Perry - Former Texas Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate
Secretary of Education: Betsy DeVos - Businesswoman and Educational Activist
Secretary of Homeland Security: John Kelly - Retired Marine Corps General
Cabinet Level Officials:
White House Chief of Staff: Reince Priebus - Republican National Committee Chairman
Ambassador to the United Nations: Nikki Haley: - Governor of South Carolina
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Mick Mulvaney - Representative from South Carolina
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