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{{Short description|Presidential liaison with the Cabinet}}
{{About|the American [[Executive Office of the President]] (EOP) post|the heads of the Executive Departments, usually styled "Secretary"|Cabinet of the United States}}
{{infobox political post
| post = White House Cabinet Secretary
| insignia = US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg
| incumbent = [[Evan Ryan]]
| image = Evan Ryan US State Dept photo.jpg
| incumbentsince = January 20, 2021
| department = [[White House Office]]
| salary = $173,922 Annually<ref name=WHSALARIES>{{cite web |title=White House Salaries |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/21stcenturygov/tools/salaries |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref>
}}
The '''White House cabinet secretary''' is a high-ranking position within the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States]].<ref name=EXECOFFICE>{{cite web|title=Executive Office of the President|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop|website=The White House|publisher=The White House|access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref> The White House cabinet secretary is the head of the '''Office of Cabinet Affairs''' ('''OCA''') within the [[White House Office]]<ref name=EXECOFFICE/> and the primary liaison between the [[president of the United States]] and the [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet departments]] and [[List of federal agencies in the United States|agencies]]. The position is usually held by a White House commissioned officer,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hennessey|first=Keith|title=Working in the West Wing: Senior Staff|url=https://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/29/senior-staff/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Keith Hennessey|language=en-US}}</ref> traditionally either a deputy assistant to the president or an assistant to the president.<ref name=WHCHRISLU>{{cite web|title=White House Author|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/chris-lu|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=WHGRAY>{{cite web|title=White House Author|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/danielle-gray|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=WHBRODERICK>{{cite web|title=White House Author|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/broderick-johnson|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref>

According to the White House website, the cabinet secretary helps "to coordinate policy and communications strategy" and plays "a critical role in managing the flow of information between the White House and the federal departments and in representing the interests of the Cabinet to the White House."<ref name = WHCHRISLU/>

The White House cabinet secretary is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president; the position does not require Senate confirmation. The White House cabinet secretary is among the twenty-two highest paid positions in the White House.<ref name=USATODAYSALARY>{{cite news|last1=Korte|first1=Gregory|title=22 White House staffers make $172,200 a year|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/07/01/white-house-staffer-salaries-2014/11916165/|access-date=13 August 2015|publisher=USA Today|date=July 1, 2014}}</ref> The current White House cabinet secretary is [[Evan Ryan]].

==List of cabinet secretaries==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!class=unsortable |Image
!Name
!Start
!End
!colspan=2 |President
|-
|[[File:Maxwell Rabb (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Max|Rabb|Maxwell M. Rabb}}
|{{sort|1953-10|October 1953}}
|{{sort|1958-05-19|May 19, 1958}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Dwight D.|Eisenhower}}
|-
|[[File:Robert Keith Gray head shot 1950s.png|60px]]
|{{sortname|Bob|Gray|Robert Keith Gray}}
|{{sort|1958-05-19|May 19, 1958}}
|{{sort|1961-01-20|January 20, 1961}}
|-
|[[File:Fred Dutton 1961.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Fred|Dutton}}
|{{sort|1961-01-20|January 20, 1961}}
|{{sort|1961-12-04|December 4, 1961}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|John F.|Kennedy}}
|-
|
|''Unknown''
|{{sort|1961-12-04|December 4, 1961}}
|{{sort|1963-11-22|November 22, 1963}}
|-
|[[File:Horace Busby 1965 West Wing of White House - edit.tiff|60px]]
|{{sortname|Horace|Busby}}
|{{sort|1963-11-22|November 22, 1963}}
|{{sort|1965-09-15|September 15, 1965}}
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Lyndon B.|Johnson}}
|-
|
|''Unknown''
|{{sort|1965-09-15|September 15, 1965}}
|{{sort|1966-03-31|March 31, 1966}}
|-
|
|{{sortname|Bob|Kintner|Robert E. Kintner}}
|{{sort|1966-03-31|March 31, 1966}}
|{{sort|1967-06-14|June 14, 1967}}
|-
|
|''Unknown''
|{{sort|1967-06-14|June 14, 1967}}
|{{sort|1969-01-20|January 20, 1969}}
|-
|
|{{sortname|John|Whitaker|John C. Whitaker}}
|{{sort|1969-01-20|January 20, 1969}}
|{{sort|1969-11-04|November 4, 1969}}
| rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}
|-
|[[File:Alexander Butterfield, photo portrait, Nixon administration, black and white.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Alexander|Butterfield|Alexander Butterfield}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{sort|1969-11-04|November 4, 1969}}
|{{sort|1974-08-09|August 9, 1974}}
|-
|[[File:2016 Leadership Academy .jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Warren|Rustand|Warren S. Rustand}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/cabinet/cabmeet.asp |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov}}</ref>
|{{sort|1974-08-09|August 9, 1974}}
|{{sort|1975-01-05|January 5, 1975}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Gerald|Ford}}
|-
|[[File:Jim Connor (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Jim|Connor|James E. Connor}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/connorjfiles.asp |access-date=2021-06-29 |website=www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov}}</ref>
|{{sort|1975-01-05|January 5, 1975}}
|{{sort|1977-01-20|January 20, 1977}}
|-
|[[File:Watson 1977.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Jack|Watson|dab=presidential adviser}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2016-10-27 |title=Jack H. Watson, Jr. Oral History |url=https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-oral-histories/jack-h-watson-jr-oral-history |access-date=2021-06-29 |publisher=Miller Center |language=en}}</ref>
|{{sort|1977-01-20|January 20, 1977}}
|{{sort|1980-06-11|June 11, 1980}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Jimmy|Carter}}
|-
|
|{{sortname|Gene|Eidenberg}}
|{{sort|1980-06-11|June 11, 1980}}
|{{sort|1981-01-20|January 20, 1981}}
|-
|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped17).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Craig|Fuller|Craig L. Fuller}}
|{{sort|1981-09-14|September 14, 1981}}
|{{sort|1985-01-30|January 30, 1985}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}
|-
|[[File:Alfred H. Kingon (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Alfred|Kingon|Alfred H. Kingon}}
|{{sort|1985-01-30|January 30, 1985}}
|{{sort|1987-02-18|February 18, 1987}}
|-
|[[File:Nancy Risque (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Nancy|Risque|Nancy J. Risque}}
|{{sort|1987-02-18|February 18, 1987}}
|{{sort|1989-01-20|January 20, 1989}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Phillip|Brady|Phillip D. Brady}}
|{{sort|1989-01-20|January 20, 1989}}
|{{sort|1989-06-26|June 26, 1989}}
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|George H. W.|Bush}}
|-
|{{sortname|Steve|Danzansky|Stephen I. Danzansky}}
|{{sort|1989-06-26|June 26, 1989}}
|{{sort|1991-05-20|April 20, 1991}}
|-
|{{sortname|Gary|Blumenthal|Gary R. Blumenthal}}
|{{sort|1991-06-10|June 10, 1991}}
|{{sort|1992-09-10|September 10, 1992}}
|-
|{{sortname|Daniel|Casse}}
|{{sort|1992-09-10|September 10, 1992}}
|{{sort|1993-01-20|January 20, 1993}}
|-
|[[File:Cvarney1.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Christine|Varney|Christine A. Varney}}
|{{sort|1993-01-20|January 20, 1993}}
|{{sort|1994-10-14|October 14, 1994}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Bill|Clinton}}
|-
|
|{{sortname|Kitty|Higgins}}
|{{sort|1995-01-26|January 26, 1995}}
|{{sort|1997-02-07|February 7, 1997}}
|-
|[[File:Thurgood Marshall Jr Head Shot.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Thurgood|Marshall Jr.}}
|{{sort|1997-02-07|February 7, 1997}}
|{{sort|2001-01-20|January 20, 2001}}
|-
|
|{{sortname|Albert|Hawkins|Albert Hawkins III}}
|{{sort|2001-01-20|January 20, 2001}}
|{{sort|2003-01|January 2003}}
|rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}
|-
|[[File:MontgomeryBrian (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Brian|Montgomery|Brian D. Montgomery}}
|{{sort|2003-01|January 2003}}
|{{sort|2005-02-24|February 24, 2005}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |
|{{sortname|Heidi|Smith|Heidi Marquez Smith}}
|{{sort|2005-02-24|February 24, 2005}}
|{{sort|2006|2006}}
|-
|{{sortname|Neal|Burnham}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{sort|2006|2006}}
|{{sort|2006-08-09|August 9, 2006}}
|-
|{{sortname|Ross|Kyle}}
|{{sort|2006-08-09|August 9, 2006}}<br>{{small|Acting: August 9, 2006 – November 3, 2006}}
|{{sort|2009-01-20|January 20, 2009}}
|-
|[[File:Chris Lu cropped.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Chris|Lu}}
|{{sort|2009-01-20|January 20, 2009}}
|{{sort|2013-01-25|January 25, 2013}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}
|-
|[[File:Danielle Gray.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Danielle|Gray|Danielle C. Gray}}
|{{sort|2013-01-25|January 25, 2013}}
|{{sort|2014-01-13|January 13, 2014}}
|-
|[[File:207-CD-CASTRO-0672-20161208-USICH-Council-Meeting-4384.jpg|60px]]
|{{nowrap|{{sortname|Broderick|Johnson|Broderick D. Johnson}}}}
|{{sort|2014-01-13|January 13, 2014}}
|{{sort|2017-01-20|January 20, 2017}}
|-
|
|{{sortname|Bill|McGinley}}
|{{sort|2017-01-20|January 20, 2017}}
|{{sort|2019-07-19|July 19, 2019}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
|-
|[[File:Matthew J. Flynn (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Matthew|Flynn|Matthew Joseph Flynn (Attorney)}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{sort|2019-07-19|July 19, 2019}}
|{{nowrap|{{sort|2019-09-24|September 24, 2019}}}}
|-
|
|{{sortname|Kristan|King Nevins}}
|{{nowrap|{{sort|2019-09-24|September 24, 2019}}}}
|{{sort|2021-01-20|January 20, 2021}}
|-
|[[File:Evan Ryan US State Dept photo.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Evan|Ryan}}
|{{sort|2021-01-20|January 20, 2021}}
|present
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}
|}

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