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3 Branches of US Government (system of checks and balances pyramid)
Cabinet Office (statutory basis)
US Vice President
(Constitution, Art. II, Sec. I)
Current: Joe Biden
Since:January 20, 2009
(without Senate confirmation)
Secretary of State
(22 U.S.C. § 2651a)
Current: John Kerry
Since: February 1, 2013
Secretary of the Treasury
(31 U.S.C. § 301)
Current: Jack Lew
Since February 28, 2013
Secretary of Defense
(10 U.S.C. § 113)
Current: Ashton Carter
Since: February 17, 2015
Attorney General
(28 U.S.C. § 503)
Current: Loretta Lynch
Since: April 27, 2015
Secretary of the Interior
(43 U.S.C. § 1451)
Current: Sally Jewell
Since: April 12, 2013
Secretary of Agriculture
(7 U.S.C. § 2202)
Current: Tom Vilsack
Since: January 20, 2009
Secretary of Commerce
(15 U.S.C. § 1501)
Current: Penny Pritzker
Since: June 26, 2013
Secretary of Labor
(29 U.S.C. § 551)
Current: Thomas Perez
Since: July 23, 2013
Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501)
Current: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Since: June 9, 2014
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(42 U.S.C. § 3532)
Current: Julian Castro
Since: July 28, 2014
Secretary of Transportation
(49 U.S.C. § 102)
Current: Anthony Foxx
Since: July 2, 2013
Secretary of Energy
(42 U.S.C. § 7131)
Current: Ernest Moniz
Since: May 21, 2013
Secretary of Education
(20 U.S.C. § 3411)
Current: John King
Since: January 1, 2016
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(38 U.S.C. § 303)
Current: Robert McDonald
Since: July 30, 2014
Secretary of Homeland Security
(6 U.S.C. § 112)
Current: Jeh Johnson
Since: December 23, 2013
Cabinet-level officials
White House Chief of Staff
(Pub.L. 76–19, 53 Stat. 561, enacted April 3, 1939, Executive Order 8248, Executive Order 10452, Executive Order 12608)
Current: Denis McDonough
Since: January 25, 2013
(without Senate confirmation)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
(3 U.S.C. § 301, Executive Order 11541, Executive Order 11609, Executive Order 11717)
Current: Shaun Donovan
Since: July 28, 2014
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(5 U.S.C. § 906, Executive Order 11735)
Current: Gina McCarthy
Since: July 18, 2013
Trade Representative
(19 U.S.C. § 2171)
Current: Michael Froman
Since: June 21, 2013
Ambassador to the United Nations
(Executive Order 9844, Executive Order 10108)
Current: Samantha Power
Since: August 2, 2013
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
(15 U.S.C. § 1023)
Current: Jason Furman
Since: August 2, 2013
Administrator of the Small Business Administration
(15 U.S.C. § 633)
Current: Maria Contreras-Sweet
Since: April 7, 2014
Former executive and Cabinet-level departments
Department of War (1789–1947), headed by the Secretary of War: renamed Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947.
Department of the Navy (1798–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Navy: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Post Office Department (1829–1971), headed by the Postmaster General: reorganized as the United States Postal Service, an independent executive agency.
National Military Establishment (1947-1949), headed by the Secretary of Defense: created by the National Security Act of 1947 and recreated as the Department of Defense in 1949.
Department of the Army (1947–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Army: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Department of the Air Force (1947–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Air Force: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Renamed heads of the executive departments
Secretary of Foreign Affairs: created in July 1781 and renamed Secretary of State in September 1789.
Secretary of War: created in 1789 and was renamed as Secretary of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. The 1949 Amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 made the Secretary of the Army a subordinate to the Secretary of Defense.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor: created in 1903 and renamed Secretary of Commerce in 1913 when its labor functions were transferred to the new Secretary of Labor.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: created in 1953 and renamed Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1979 when its education functions were transferred to the new Secretary of Education.
Other positions no longer of Cabinet rank
Director of the Federal Security Agency (1939–1952): Abolished, most duties transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (1996–2001): created as an independent agency in 1979, raised to Cabinet rank in 1996, and dropped from Cabinet rank in 2001.
Director of Central Intelligence (1995–2001)
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (1993–2009)
Proposed Cabinet departments
U.S. Department of Commerce and Industry (proposed by business interests in the 1880s)
U.S. Department of Agriculture and Labor (proposed by members of U.S. Congress)
U.S. Department of Peace (proposed by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Senator Matthew Neely, and other members of the U.S. Congress)
U.S. Department of Public Welfare (proposed by President Warren Harding)
U.S. Department of Natural Resources (proposed by former President Herbert Hoover, the Eisenhower administration, 1976 GOP national platform, and Bill Daley as a consolidation of the Departments of the Interior, Energy, and the EPA.)
U.S. Department of Social Welfare (proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt)
U.S. Department of Public Works (proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt)
U.S. Department of Conservation (proposed by Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes)
U.S. Department of Urban Affairs (proposed by President John F. Kennedy)
U.S. Department of Business and Labor (proposed by President Lyndon Johnson)
U.S. Department of Community Development (proposed by President Richard Nixon; to be chiefly concerned with infrastructure)
U.S. Department of Human Resources (proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a revised Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)
U.S. Department of Economic Development (proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a consolidation of the Departments of Commerce and Labor)
U.S. Department of Environmental Protection (proposed by Senator Arlen Specter)
U.S. Department of International Trade (proposed by the Heritage Foundation)
U.S. Department of Global Development (proposed by the Center for Global Development and others)
U.S. Department of Culture (proposed by Quincy Jones)
U.S. Department of Business (proposed by President Barack Obama)
U.S. Department of Intelligence (proposed by former DNI Mike McConnell)
Cabinet Office (statutory basis)
US Vice President
(Constitution, Art. II, Sec. I)
Current: Joe Biden
Since:January 20, 2009
(without Senate confirmation)
Secretary of State
(22 U.S.C. § 2651a)
Current: John Kerry
Since: February 1, 2013
Secretary of the Treasury
(31 U.S.C. § 301)
Current: Jack Lew
Since February 28, 2013
Secretary of Defense
(10 U.S.C. § 113)
Current: Ashton Carter
Since: February 17, 2015
Attorney General
(28 U.S.C. § 503)
Current: Loretta Lynch
Since: April 27, 2015
Secretary of the Interior
(43 U.S.C. § 1451)
Current: Sally Jewell
Since: April 12, 2013
Secretary of Agriculture
(7 U.S.C. § 2202)
Current: Tom Vilsack
Since: January 20, 2009
Secretary of Commerce
(15 U.S.C. § 1501)
Current: Penny Pritzker
Since: June 26, 2013
Secretary of Labor
(29 U.S.C. § 551)
Current: Thomas Perez
Since: July 23, 2013
Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501)
Current: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Since: June 9, 2014
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(42 U.S.C. § 3532)
Current: Julian Castro
Since: July 28, 2014
Secretary of Transportation
(49 U.S.C. § 102)
Current: Anthony Foxx
Since: July 2, 2013
Secretary of Energy
(42 U.S.C. § 7131)
Current: Ernest Moniz
Since: May 21, 2013
Secretary of Education
(20 U.S.C. § 3411)
Current: John King
Since: January 1, 2016
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(38 U.S.C. § 303)
Current: Robert McDonald
Since: July 30, 2014
Secretary of Homeland Security
(6 U.S.C. § 112)
Current: Jeh Johnson
Since: December 23, 2013
Cabinet-level officials
White House Chief of Staff
(Pub.L. 76–19, 53 Stat. 561, enacted April 3, 1939, Executive Order 8248, Executive Order 10452, Executive Order 12608)
Current: Denis McDonough
Since: January 25, 2013
(without Senate confirmation)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
(3 U.S.C. § 301, Executive Order 11541, Executive Order 11609, Executive Order 11717)
Current: Shaun Donovan
Since: July 28, 2014
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(5 U.S.C. § 906, Executive Order 11735)
Current: Gina McCarthy
Since: July 18, 2013
Trade Representative
(19 U.S.C. § 2171)
Current: Michael Froman
Since: June 21, 2013
Ambassador to the United Nations
(Executive Order 9844, Executive Order 10108)
Current: Samantha Power
Since: August 2, 2013
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
(15 U.S.C. § 1023)
Current: Jason Furman
Since: August 2, 2013
Administrator of the Small Business Administration
(15 U.S.C. § 633)
Current: Maria Contreras-Sweet
Since: April 7, 2014
Former executive and Cabinet-level departments
Department of War (1789–1947), headed by the Secretary of War: renamed Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947.
Department of the Navy (1798–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Navy: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Post Office Department (1829–1971), headed by the Postmaster General: reorganized as the United States Postal Service, an independent executive agency.
National Military Establishment (1947-1949), headed by the Secretary of Defense: created by the National Security Act of 1947 and recreated as the Department of Defense in 1949.
Department of the Army (1947–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Army: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Department of the Air Force (1947–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Air Force: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Renamed heads of the executive departments
Secretary of Foreign Affairs: created in July 1781 and renamed Secretary of State in September 1789.
Secretary of War: created in 1789 and was renamed as Secretary of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. The 1949 Amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 made the Secretary of the Army a subordinate to the Secretary of Defense.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor: created in 1903 and renamed Secretary of Commerce in 1913 when its labor functions were transferred to the new Secretary of Labor.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: created in 1953 and renamed Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1979 when its education functions were transferred to the new Secretary of Education.
Other positions no longer of Cabinet rank
Director of the Federal Security Agency (1939–1952): Abolished, most duties transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (1996–2001): created as an independent agency in 1979, raised to Cabinet rank in 1996, and dropped from Cabinet rank in 2001.
Director of Central Intelligence (1995–2001)
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (1993–2009)
Proposed Cabinet departments
U.S. Department of Commerce and Industry (proposed by business interests in the 1880s)
U.S. Department of Agriculture and Labor (proposed by members of U.S. Congress)
U.S. Department of Peace (proposed by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Senator Matthew Neely, and other members of the U.S. Congress)
U.S. Department of Public Welfare (proposed by President Warren Harding)
U.S. Department of Natural Resources (proposed by former President Herbert Hoover, the Eisenhower administration, 1976 GOP national platform, and Bill Daley as a consolidation of the Departments of the Interior, Energy, and the EPA.)
U.S. Department of Social Welfare (proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt)
U.S. Department of Public Works (proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt)
U.S. Department of Conservation (proposed by Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes)
U.S. Department of Urban Affairs (proposed by President John F. Kennedy)
U.S. Department of Business and Labor (proposed by President Lyndon Johnson)
U.S. Department of Community Development (proposed by President Richard Nixon; to be chiefly concerned with infrastructure)
U.S. Department of Human Resources (proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a revised Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)
U.S. Department of Economic Development (proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a consolidation of the Departments of Commerce and Labor)
U.S. Department of Environmental Protection (proposed by Senator Arlen Specter)
U.S. Department of International Trade (proposed by the Heritage Foundation)
U.S. Department of Global Development (proposed by the Center for Global Development and others)
U.S. Department of Culture (proposed by Quincy Jones)
U.S. Department of Business (proposed by President Barack Obama)
U.S. Department of Intelligence (proposed by former DNI Mike McConnell)