Political appointments of the second Trump administration

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

Color key

  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  Denotes nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.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

See also: Executive Office appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
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]
Cora Alvi [3]
White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Policy)	Stephen Miller [4]
White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Legislative, Political and Public Affairs)	James Blair [5]
White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Communications and Personnel)	Taylor Budowich [5]
White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Strategic Implementation)	Nicholas Luna [6]
White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations)	William "Beau" Harrison [6]
Senior Advisors and Counselors to the President
Counselor to the President	Alina Habba [7]	January 20, 2025
Senior Counselor to the President	Peter Navarro [8]
Senior Counselor to the President	Stanley Woodward [6]
Senior Advisor to the President on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs	Massad Boulos [9]
Assistant to the President for Policy	Robert Gabriel Jr. [6]
Assistant to the President	William "Beau" Harrison [6]
Office of Communications
White House Communications Director	Steven Cheung [10]	January 20, 2025
Office of the Press Secretary
White House Press Secretary	Karoline Leavitt [11]	January 20, 2025
Office of the First Lady
Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Hayley Harrison [12]	January 20, 2025
White House Director of Legislative Affairs
White House Director of Legislative Affairs	James Braid [13]	January 20, 2025
Office of Public Liaison
Director of the Office of Public Liaison	Alex Latcham [13]	January 20, 2025
Office of Political Affairs
Director of the Office of Political Affairs	Matt Brasseaux [13]	January 20, 2025
Office of the White House Counsel
White House Counsel	David Warrington [14]	January 20, 2025
Presidential Personnel Office
Director of Presidential Personnel Office	Sergio Gor [15]	January 20, 2025
National Economic Council
Director of the National Economic Council	Kevin Hassett [16]	January 20, 2025
National Energy Council
Chair of the National Energy Council	Doug Burgum [17]	January 20, 2025
Domestic Policy Council
Director of the Domestic Policy Council	Vince Haley [18]	January 20, 2025
National Security Council
National Security Advisor	Michael Waltz [19]	January 20, 2025
Deputy National Security Advisor	Alex Wong [20]
Homeland Security Advisor	Stephen Miller [4]
Deputy Homeland Security Advisor	Tony Salisbury [21]
Senior Director on the National Security Council (Counterterrorism)	Sebastian Gorka [22]
Office of the Staff Secretary
White House Staff Secretary	Will Scharf [23]	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 [24]
Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence	Sriram Krishnan [25]
President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets
Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets	Bo Hines [26]	January 20, 2025
President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board	Devin Nunes [27]	January 20, 2025
Council of Economic Advisers
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Stephen Miran [28]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Russell Vought [29]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Dan Bishop [30]
Chief of Staff the Office of Management and Budget	Ed Martin [30]	January 20, 2025
General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget	Mark Paoletta [31]
Trade Representative	Jamieson Greer [32]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Executive branch czars
White House AI & Crypto Czar	David O. Sacks [24]	January 20, 2025
White House Border Czar	Tom Homan [33]
White House Energy Czar	Doug Burgum [34]
Department of Government Efficiency
Co-Chair of the Department of Government Efficiency	Elon Musk [35]	Awaiting establishment of the commission
	Vivek Ramaswamy [35]
Member of the Department of Government Efficiency	Katie Miller [36]
Counsel to the Department of Government Efficiency	Bill McGinley [37]

Department of Agriculture

See also: List of Department of Agriculture appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Agriculture	Brooke Rollins [38]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture	Stephen Vaden [39]

Department of Commerce

See also: List of Department of Commerce appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Commerce	Howard Lutnick [40]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Defense

See also: List of Department of Defense appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Defense	Pete Hegseth [41]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Deputy Secretary of Defense	Stephen Feinberg [42]
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense	Joe Kasper [42]	January 20, 2025
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment	Michael Duffey [42]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs	Keith Bass [42]
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy	Elbridge Colby [42]
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering	Emil Michael [42]
Department of the Army
Secretary of the Army	Daniel P. Driscoll [43]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Department of the Navy
Secretary of the Navy	John Phelan [44]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Education

See also: List of Department of Education appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Education	Linda McMahon [45]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Energy

See also: List of Department of Energy appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Energy	Chris Wright [46]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Health and Human Services

See also: List of Department of Health and Human Services appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [47]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services	Jim O'Neill [48]
Surgeon General of the United States	Janette Nesheiwat [49]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Dave Weldon [50]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	Mehmet Oz [51] [52]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Food and Drug Administration
Commissioner of Food and Drugs	Marty Makary [53]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
National Institutes of Health
Director of the National Institutes of Health	Jay Bhattacharya [54]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Homeland Security

See also: List of Department of Homeland Security appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Homeland Security	Kristi Noem [33]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security	Troy Edgar [55]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Rodney Scott [56]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Caleb Vitello [57]	January 20, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development

See also: List of Department of Housing and Urban Development appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Scott Turner [58]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of the Interior

See also: List of Department of the Interior appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of the Interior	Doug Burgum [59]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Justice

See also: List of Department of Justice appointments by Donald Trump

See also: List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump

See also: List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Attorney General	Pam Bondi [60]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Deputy Attorney General	Todd Blanche [61]
Solicitor General	D. John Sauer [62]
Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust Division)	Gail Slater [63]
Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights Division)	Harmeet Dhillon [31]
Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Policy)	Aaron Reitz [64]
Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General	Emil Bove [65]	January 20, 2025
Chief of Staff to the Attorney General	Chad Mizelle [64]
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation	Kash Patel [66]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
United States Attorneys
U.S. Attorney for the S.D. of New York	Jay Clayton [67]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Labor

See also: List of Department of Labor appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Labor	Lori Chavez-DeRemer [68]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of State

See also: List of Department of State appointments by Donald Trump

See also: List of ambassadors nominated by Donald Trump (2025–2029)

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of State	Marco Rubio [33]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Deputy Secretary of State	Christopher Landau [69]
Deputy Secretary of State (Management and Resources)	Michael Rigas [70]
Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment)	Jacob Helberg [30]
Chief of Protocol	Monica Crowley [71]
Counselor of the Department of State	Michael Needham [72]	January 20, 2025
Spokeswoman for the Department of State	Tammy Bruce [73]
Director of Policy Planning	Michael Anton [74]
Ambassadors to foreign states
Ambassador to Argentina	Peter Lamelas [75]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Austria	Arthur Fisher [76]
Ambassador to the Bahamas	Herschel Walker [77]
Ambassador to Belgium	Bill White [78]
Ambassador to Canada	Pete Hoekstra [79]
Ambassador to Chile	Brandon Judd [80]
Ambassador to China	David Perdue [81]
Ambassador to Colombia	Dan Newlin [75]
Ambassador to Croatia	Nicole McGraw [82]
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic	Leah Campos [76]
Ambassador to Denmark	Ken Howery
Ambassador to France	Charles Kushner [83]
Ambassador to Estonia	Roman Pipko
Ambassador to Greece	Kimberly Guilfoyle [30]
Ambassador to the Holy See	Brian Burch [84]
Ambassador to Ireland	Edward Sharp Walsh [85]
Ambassador to Israel	Mike Huckabee [86]
Ambassador to Italy	Tilman Fertitta
Ambassador to Japan	George Edward Glass [76]
Ambassador to Luxembourg	Stacey Feinberg [76]
Ambassador to Malta	Somers Farkas [87]
Ambassador to Mexico	Ronald D. Johnson
Ambassador to the Netherlands	Joe Popolo [88]
Ambassador to Panama	Kevin Marino Cabrera [89]
Ambassador to Portugal	John Arrigo [90]
Ambassador to Spain	Benjamin Leon [91]
Ambassador to Switzerland	Callista Gingrich
Ambassador to Turkey	Tom Barrack [30]
Ambassador to the United Kingdom	Warren Stephens [92]
Ambassador to Uruguay	Lou Rinaldi [76]
Ambassadors to international organizations
Ambassador to the Organization of American States	Leandro Rizutto Jr. [75]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to the United Nations	Elise Stefanik [33]
Permanent Representative to NATO	Matthew Whitaker [93]
Special envoys, representatives, and coordinators
Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs	Adam Boehler [94]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions	Richard Grenell [85]	January 20, 2025
Special Envoy for Latin America	Mauricio Claver-Carone [95]
Special Envoy for Middle East	Steve Witkoff [96]
Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East	Morgan Ortagus [97]
Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia	Keith Kellogg [98]
Special Envoy for the United Kingdom	Mark Burnett [99]

Department of Transportation

See also: List of Department of Transportation appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Transportation	Sean Duffy [100]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Federal Railroad Administration
Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration	David Fink [101]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of the Treasury

See also: List of Department of the Treasury appointments by Donald Trump

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of the Treasury	Scott Bessent [102]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury	Michael Faulkender [103]
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy)	Ken Kies [104]
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury	Daniel Katz [105]	January 20, 2025
Senior Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury	Alexandra Preate [106]
Director of Policy Planning	Hunter McMaster [107]
Internal Revenue Service
Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Billy Long [108]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of Veterans Affairs

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Doug Collins [109]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Independent intelligence agencies

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Director of National Intelligence	Tulsi Gabbard [110]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Central Intelligence Agency

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	John Ratcliffe [111]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Other independent agencies

Agency for Global Media

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Director of Voice of America	Kari Lake [112]	TBD

Environmental Protection Agency

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Lee Zeldin [33]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Jared Isaacman [113]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Office of Personnel Management

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Director of the Office of Personnel Management	Scott Kupor [114]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Small Business Administration

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Kelly Loeffler [115]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Social Security Administration

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration	Frank Bisignano [116]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Independent Commissions

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Federal Communications Commission
Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission	Brendan Carr [117]	January 20, 2025
Federal Trade Commission
Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission	Andrew N. Ferguson [118]	January 20, 2025
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission	Mark Meador [118]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission	Paul S. Atkins [119]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Withdrawn candidates

Office	Nominee	Announced	Withdrawn
Attorney General	Matt Gaetz	November 13, 2024 [120]	November 21, 2024 [121]
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration	Chad Chronister	December 1, 2024 [122]	December 3, 2024 [123]

Reception

See also: Hiring and personnel concerns about Donald Trump

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. ^[124]

As of November 25, 2024, a CBS News poll found 59% of Americans approve of the presidential transition. ^[125]

See also

• List of ambassadors nominated by Donald Trump (2025–2029)

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