Trump cabinet

Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 13, 2017

The Trump cabinet consists of the ministers of the 45th President of the United States , who has been in office since January 20, 2017 , Donald Trump, and other executive officials who hold cabinet rank.

Compared to presidencies in the previous decades, there has been an unusually high number of changes of minister in the Trump cabinet and an unusually high proportion of interim cabinet members.

composition

Department / Office	Official	Period	image
president	Donald Trump	→ Main article : Donald Trump's inauguration Since January 20, 2017
Vice President	Mike Pence	Since January 20, 2017
Ministerial offices
Foreign minister	Thomas A. Shannon	January 20, 2017 to February 1, 2017 (provisional)
	Rex Tillerson	February 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
	John J. Sullivan	March 13, 2018 to April 26, 2018 (provisional)
	Mike Pompeo	Since April 26, 2018
Finance minister	Adam Szubin	January 20, 2017 to February 13, 2017 (provisional)
	Steven Mnuchin	Since February 13, 2017
Defense Minister	James N. Mattis	January 20, 2017 to January 1, 2019
	Patrick M. Shanahan	January 1, 2019 to June 2019 (provisional)
	Mark Esper	June 24th - July 15th 2019 (provisional)
	Richard V. Spencer	July 15, 2019 - July 23, 2019 (provisional)
	Mark Esper	Since July 23, 2019
Minister of Justice	Sally Yates	January 20, 2017 to January 30, 2017 (provisional)
	Dana Boente	January 30, 2017 to February 9, 2017 (provisional)
	Jeff Sessions	February 9, 2017 to November 7, 2018
	Matthew G. Whitaker	November 7, 2018 to February 14, 2019 (provisional)
	William Barr	Since February 14, 2019
Interior minister	Kevin Haugrud	January 20, 2017 to March 1, 2017 (provisional)
	Ryan tine	March 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018
	David Bernhardt	January 2, 2019 to March 28, 2019 (provisional)
		Since March 28, 2019
Minister of Agriculture	Mike Young	January 20, 2017 to April 25, 2017 (provisional)
	Sonny Perdue	Since April 25, 2017
Minister of Commerce	Wilbur Ross	Since February 28, 2017
Minister of Labor	Edward C. Hugler	January 20, 2017 to April 28, 2017 (provisional)
	Alexander Acosta	April 28, 2017 - July 2019
	Patrick Pizzella	July 20, 2019 to September 30, 2019 (provisional)
	Eugene Scalia	since September 30, 2019
Minister of Health	Norris Cochran	January 20, 2017 to February 10, 2017 (provisional)
	Tom Price	February 10, 2017 to September 29, 2017
	Don J. Wright	September 29, 2017 to October 10, 2017 (provisional)
	Eric Hargan	October 10, 2017 to January 28, 2018 (provisional)
	Alex Azar	since January 29, 2018
Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Craig Clemmensen	January 20, 2017 to March 2, 2017 (provisional)
	Ben Carson	Since March 2, 2017
Transport Minister	Michael Huerta	January 20, 2017 to January 31, 2017 (provisional)
	Elaine Chao	Since January 31, 2017
Energy minister	Rick Perry	March 2, 2017 to December 2, 2019
	Dan Brouillette	Since December 2, 2019
Minister of Education	Phil Rosenfelt	January 20, 2017 to February 7, 2017 (provisional)
	Betsy DeVos	Since February 7, 2017
Minister of War Veterans	Robert Snyder	January 20, 2017 to February 14, 2017 (provisional)
	David Shulkin	February 14, 2017 to March 28, 2018
	Robert Wilkie	March 28, 2018 to May 29, 2018 (provisional)
	Peter O'Rourke	May 29, 2018 to July 30, 2018 (provisional)
	Robert Wilkie	Since July 30, 2018
Minister of Homeland Security	John F. Kelly	January 20 to July 31, 2017
	Elaine Duke	July 31, 2017 to December 6, 2017 (provisional)
	Kirstjen Nielsen	December 6, 2017 to April 10, 2019
	Kevin McAleenan	April 10, 2019 to October 12, 2019 (provisional)
	Chad Wolf	since November 1, 2019 (provisional)
Other positions of cabinet rank
White House Chief of Staff	Reince Priebus	January 20 to July 28, 2017
	John F. Kelly	July 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018
	Mick Mulvaney	January 1, 2019 to March 7, 2020 (provisional)
	Mark Meadows	since March 7, 2020
United States Ambassador to the United States	Michele J. Sison	January 20, 2017 to January 27, 2017 (provisional)
	Nikki Haley	January 27, 2017 to December 31, 2018
	Jonathan Cohen	January 1, 2019 to September 9, 2019 (provisional)
	Kelly Craft	Since September 10, 2019
Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	Catherine McCabe	January 20, 2017 to February 17, 2017 (provisional)
	Scott Pruitt	February 17, 2017 to July 6, 2018
	Andrew R. Wheeler	Since July 2018
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mark Sandy	January 20, 2017 to February 16, 2017 (provisional)
	Mick Mulvaney	February 16, 2017 to March 6, 2020. He was Chief of Staff of the White House since January 1, 2019 , but remained a director. The official business was conducted at this time by Russell Vought.
	Russell Vought	Since January 2, 2019 (provisional)
Trade Representative	Maria Pagan	January 20, 2017 to March 1, 2017 (provisional)
	Stephen Vaughn	March 2, 2017 to May 15, 2017 (provisional)
	Robert Lighthizer	Since May 15, 2017
Director of National Intelligence	Michael Dempsey	January 20, 2017 to March 16, 2017 (provisional)
	Dan Coats	March 16, 2017 to August 15, 2019
	Joseph Maguire	August 16, 2019 to February 20, 2020 (provisional)
	Richard Grenell	February 20, 2020 to May 26, 2020 (provisional)
	John Ratcliffe	Since May 26, 2020
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	Meroe Park	January 20, 2017 to January 23, 2017 (provisional)
	Mike Pompeo	January 23, 2017 to April 26, 2018
	Gina Haspel	Since May 17, 2018
Head of the SME Authority	Joseph Loddo	January 20, 2017 to February 14, 2017 (provisional)
	Linda McMahon	February 14, 2017 to April 12, 2019
	Christopher Pilkerton	April 13, 2019 to January 15, 2020 (provisional)
	Jovita Carranza	Since January 15, 2020

Nomination and confirmation process

President-elect Donald Trump announced, after his election on November 8, 2016, on November 18, 2016, Jeff Sessions and Mike Pompeo, the first people to be confirmed by the Senate. Sonny Perdue was the last cabinet post on January 18, 2017 (two days before the swearing-in). For most of the nominees, the Senate applied for confirmations on January 20, 2017. On March 9, 2017, Sonny Perdue's nomination was sent to the Senate for confirmation. On April 27, 2017, Alexander Acosta was confirmed by the Senate as the last minister and on May 11, 2017 as the last starting cabinet member.

Under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), ex-officers cannot be appointed Secretary of Defense for seven years or more after retirement from active service. Therefore, prior to the appointment of James N. Mattis, who had retired from active military service in 2013, a special permit had to be granted by law or the NDAA changed. This required the approval of the House of Representatives . A special permit by law had previously only been granted upon the appointment of George C. Marshall in 1950. On January 13, 2017, the House of Representatives issued the special permit.

Shortly before the upcoming confirmation election for the Minister of Labor by the Senate, the nominee Andrew Puzder withdrew his candidacy for the office on February 16, 2017 without giving reasons. He made the decision after “careful consideration and discussions with his family”, he said a little later. Various media previously reported that Puzder lacked support in the Senate and that success in being confirmed as Minister of Labor was uncertain. The Republican US Senator Marco Rubio called Puzder's decision not to run for office "a good decision".

After two Republican Senators ( Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski ) voted against Betsy DeVos in the Senate vote, so that there was no majority, only the vote of the Vice President (here Mike Pence ), which was provided for such stalemates in the American constitution, confirmed Betsy DeVos as Minister. The Vice President's voice was included for the first time in US history .

classification

Since the Trump cabinet has many political newcomers and career changers , including some business leaders and generals, an assessment of US policy under Trump was considered difficult before his term in office. The accumulation of large fortunes among many of the nominees is considered extraordinary: together they represent fortunes between ten and fifteen billion dollars. That is more than a third of all American households, namely the “poorest” 43 million, have available; and (not adjusted for inflation) 30 times the wealth of the cabinet of the former Republican US President George W. Bush .

According to a report by American Public Media in February 2018, over half of Trump's 20 cabinet members behaved in an ethically questionable manner (travel expenses, company stakes, investments). Journalist David Frum called the Trump administration the most corrupt US administration of all time in July 2018; Trump himself with his globally operating company receives payments from all over the world, which influences politics.

See also

• Counselor to the President

Web links

• Federal Register : federalregister.gov
• United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions , m.gpo.gov: Plum Book
• whitehouse.gov:
  • White House Administration: The Cabinet
  • The Executive Branch
• New York Times: Donald Trump's Cabinet Is Taking Shape. - List updated by May 2017 with links to the voting behavior of the individual senators

Footnotes

1. ↑ Donald Trump sworn in as the 45th US President. In: sueddeutsche.de. January 20, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Mike Pence sworn in as US Vice President. In: zeit.de. January 20, 2017, archived from the original on January 20, 2017 ; accessed on February 2, 2017 . 
3. ^ Tillerson sworn in as Secretary of State. In: tagesschau.de. February 1, 2017, archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on February 2, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Mike Pompeo sworn in as Trump's second secretary of state. In: cnn.com. February 26, 2018, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
5. ^ Ex-Goldman banker Mnuchin installed as Treasury secretary . Reuters, February 13, 2017.
6. ^ Mattis Takes Oath as 26th Defense Secretary. In: US Embassy & Consulates in Japan. January 31, 2017, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Trump nominates Esper, Spencer temporarily takes over as Pentagon chief. In: Spacenews. July 15, 2019, accessed July 16, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Mark Esper sworn in as US defense secretary after record-length vacancy. In: The Guardian. July 24, 2019, accessed on July 25, 2019 . 
9. ^ Jeff Sessions sworn in as attorney general while Trump signs orders. In: USA Today. February 9, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2019 . 
10. ^ Senate confirms William Barr as the new US attorney general . Der Standard , February 14, 2019, accessed on February 15, 2019 (German)
11. ↑ Ryan Zinke Sworn In as 52nd Secretary of the Interior. U.S. Depatment of Interior, March 1, 2017, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
12. ^ Trump's New Interior Secretary Is Already Under Investigation. In: Fortune. April 16, 2019, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Sonny Perdue sworn in after months of delay , ajc.com, April 25, 2017
14. ↑ Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross sworn in as Commerce secretary ( Memento from March 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) , abc news , February 28, 2017
15. ↑ Alex Acosta sworn in as US labor secretary ( Memento from April 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) , abc news , April 28, 2017
16. ↑ ^{a b} Scalia nomination signals continued employer-friendly bent at Labor. In: Business Insurance. July 19, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 . 
17. ^ Senate Confirms Eugene Scalia as Trump's New Labor Secretary. Retrieved October 12, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Tom Price Is Sworn In as Health Secretary Amid Senate Disunity. In: The New York Times. February 10, 2017, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Controversial flights: US Secretary of Health Tom Price resigns. In: Spiegel Online . September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Trump Announces Eric Hargan as Acting HHS Secretary. In: KTLA5. October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017 . 
21. ^ Former drug-company executive Alex Azar sworn in as Trump's new health-care chief. In: CNBC. January 29, 2018, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson sworn in as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( Memento of March 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), abc news , March 2, 2017
23. ↑ Elaine Chao has been sworn in as transportation secretary. Associated Press, January 31, 2017, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
24. ↑ https://energy.gov/articles/perry-sworn-14th-secretary-united-states-department-energy
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26. ↑ Change in Trump's cabinet - Trump replaces Energy Minister Perry with his deputy. October 19, 2019, accessed October 20, 2019 . 
27. ^ The Education Department Is In Good Hands — For Now. Retrieved April 1, 2020 . 
28. ^ DeVos sworn in as education secretary by Pence. In: The Washington Times. February 7, 2017, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
29. ↑ Veterans Affairs holdover David Shulkin sworn under Trump in as department's secretary. Associated Press, February 14, 2017, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
30. ↑ Veterans Affairs Secretary Is Latest to Go as Trump Shakes Up Cabinet (announced as successor: Ronny Jackson )
31. ^ Robert Wilkie sworn in as new Veterans Affairs secretary. In: ABC News. July 30, 2018, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
32. ^ Statement from Press Secretary Dave Lapan on Homeland Security Leadership , Homeland Security, July 28, 2017
33. ↑ Elaine C. Duke. In: dhs.gov. United States Department of Homeland Security, accessed December 18, 2017 . 
34. ↑ Kirstjen M. Nielsen Sworn-in as the Sixth Homeland Security Secretary. Department of Homeland Security, December 6, 2017, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
35. ↑ ^{a b} Kirstjen M. Nielsen: Farewell Message from Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen. United States Department of Homeland Security, April 10, 2019, accessed June 19, 2019 . 
36. ↑ Daniel Friedrich Sturm: Kirstjen Nielsen: Why Trump fired his most important minister . April 8, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed June 19, 2019]).
37. ↑ tagesschau.de: Trump's Minister of Homeland Security McAleenan leaves. Retrieved October 12, 2019 . 
38. ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Homeland Security: Another New US Minister | DW | 11/02/2019. Accessed November 2, 2019 (German). 
39. ^ Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman: Reince Priebus Is Ousted Amid Stormy Days for White House. The New York Times , July 28, 2017, accessed July 31, 2017 . 
40. ^ Dan Merica: Kelly sworn in as Trump's second chief of staff. Cable News Network, August 1, 2017, accessed August 1, 2017 . 
41. ↑ tagesschau.de: Trump exchanges Chief of Staff in the White House. Retrieved March 8, 2020 . 
42. ↑ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Trump changes Chief of Staff for the third time | DW | 07.03.2020. Accessed March 8, 2020 (German). 
43. ↑ Trump nominates climate skeptic Knight Craft as US ambassador to the UN. February 23, 2019, accessed February 23, 2019 . 
44. ↑ Ambassador Kelly Craft
45. ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-resigns/index.html
46. ↑ Lisa Friedman: Trump Says He'll Nominate Andrew Wheeler to Head the EPA In: The New York Times . November 16, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed December 21, 2018]).
47. ^ Mulvaney sworn in as White House budget chief , The Hill, February 16, 2017
48. ↑ Trump's tenure: who was fired, who left . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed March 9, 2020]).
49. ^ Director of National Intelligence
50. ↑ Kaitlan Collins, Pamela Brown, Nicole Gaouette, Zachary Cohen, Alex Marquardt: Coats to step down, Trump tweets, as President says Ratcliffe will be nominated as next director of national intelligence. cnn.com, July 28, 2019.
51. ↑ Joseph Maguire appointed chief of intelligence. In: Zeit Online. ZEIT ONLINE GmbH, August 9, 2019, accessed on September 11, 2019 . 
52. ↑ tagesschau.de: German US ambassador becomes secret service coordinator. Retrieved February 20, 2020 . 
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55. ↑ Pence swears in VA, Small Business Administration heads , The Hill, February 14, 2017
56. ↑ Danielle Haynes: Linda McMahon steps down from SBA to head super PAC. United Press International, March 29, 2019, accessed August 1, 2019
57. ↑ Chris Pilkerton | The US Small Business Administration | SBA.gov. Retrieved October 12, 2019 . 
58. ↑ Trump Formally Announces Pick to Lead Small Business Administration. In: The Wall Street Journal. July 31, 2019, accessed August 1, 2019 . 
59. ^ Jovita Carranza becomes the 26th Administrator of SBA. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (American English). 
60. ^ David Wright: Top contender for defense secretary faces legislative hurdle. CNN , November 21, 2016, accessed December 9, 2016 . 
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62. ↑ Trump's nominated labor minister withdraws. In: spiegel.de. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017 . 
63. ↑ Alan Rappeport: Andrew Puzder withdraws From Consideration as Labor Secretary. In: nytimes.com. February 15, 2017, accessed February 16, 2017 . 
64. ↑ spiegel.de , February 11, 2017, Britta Kollenbroich: Trump provokes, the party applauds (February 11, 2017)
65. ↑ spiegel.de , February 8, 2017: Betsy DeVos can only do it with the help of Mike Pence (February 11, 2017)
66. ↑ tagesspiegel.de , December 14, 2016, Christoph von Marschall : 36 days after the US election: Trump's cabinet breaks with rules and promises (January 30, 2017)
67. ↑ badische-zeitung.de , comments , December 17, 2016, Jens Schmitz: Trump's sabotage troop (December 17, 2016)
68. ↑ tagesspiegel.de , December 14, 2016, Christoph von Marschall : 36 days after the US election: Trump's cabinet breaks with rules and promises (December 17, 2016)
69. ↑ Quartz , December 15, 2016, qz.com: EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: Trump's 17 cabinet-level picks have more money than a third of American households combined. ( Embarrassingly rich: Trump's 17 cabinet members have more money than a third of the American budget . "... Affluence of this magnitude in a US presidential cabinet is unprecedented.", "... An accumulation of this magnitude in a US presidential cabinet is unprecedented." December 2016)
70. ↑ manager-magazin.de , December 1, 2016: The Cabinet of Big Capital (February 13, 2017)
71. ↑ spiegel.de , December 16, 2016, Benjamin Bidder: Trump's Cabinet: As rich as 43 million US households combined (January 14, 2017)
72. ↑ faz.net , January 22, 2017, Hanna Decker: Trump's ministers are so rich (January 29, 2017)
73. ↑ Tom Scheck: Ethics Be Damned. In: APM Reports , February 16, 2018 (English).
74. ^ David Frum in conversation with Łukasz Pawłowski: The most corrupt administration in American history. In: Liberal Culture , July 17, 2018.