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Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials

The individuals listed below were nominated by President Joe Biden to form his Cabinet and were confirmed by the United States Senate on the date noted or are serving as acting department heads by his request, pending the confirmation of his nominees.

Vice president and the heads of the executive departments

The Cabinet permanently includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments, listed here according to their order of succession to the presidency. The speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate follow the vice president and precede the secretary of state in the order of succession, but both are in the legislative branch and are not part of the Cabinet.

Cabinet
Agency
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Department of Energy
Department of Education
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Homeland Security

Cabinet-level officials

The president may designate additional positions to be members of the Cabinet, which can vary under each president. They are not in the line of succession and are not necessarily officers of the United States.[1]

Cabinet-level officials
Office Incumbent Term began
File:Environmental Protection Agency logo.svgAdministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency(5 U.S.C. § 906, Executive Order 11735) File:Michael S. Regan official photo.jpgMichael S. Regan March 11, 2021
File:US-OfficeOfManagementAndBudget-Seal.svgDirector of the Office of Management and Budget(31 U.S.C. § 502, Executive Order 11541,
Executive Order 11609, Executive Order 11717)
File:Shalanda Young, OMB Deputy Director.jpgShalanda Young March 24, 2021
File:Seal of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.svgDirector of National Intelligence(50 U.S.C. § 3023) File:Avril-Haines.jpgAvril Haines January 21, 2021
File:Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svgDirector of the Central Intelligence Agency(50 U.S.C. § 3036) File:CIA Director Burns.jpgWilliam J. Burns March 19, 2021
File:US-TradeRepresentative-Seal.svgTrade Representative(19 U.S.C. § 2171) File:Katherine Tai, official portrait.jpgKatherine Tai March 18, 2021
File:U.S. Department of State official seal.svgAmbassador to the United Nations(22 U.S.C. § 287) File:Linda-Thomas-Greenfield-v1-8x10-1.jpgLinda Thomas-Greenfield February 25, 2021
File:Council of Economic Advisers.pngChair of the Council of Economic Advisers(15 U.S.C. § 1023) File:Jared Bernstein, CEA Member.jpgJared Bernstein July 10, 2023
File:US-SmallBusinessAdmin-Seal.svgAdministrator of the Small Business Administration(15 U.S.C. § 633) File:Isabella Casillas Guzman, SBA Administrator.pngIsabel Guzman March 17, 2021
File:US-OfficeOfScienceAndTechnologyPolicy-Seal.svgDirector of the Office of Science and Technology Policy(42 U.S.C. § 6612) File:Dr. Arati Prabhakar by Sun L. Vega, 2015.jpgArati Prabhakar October 3, 2022
File:Seal of the Executive Office of the President of the United States 2014.svgWhite House Chief of Staff(Pub. L. 76–19, 53 Stat. 561, enacted April 3, 1939,
Executive Order 8248, Executive Order 10452,
Executive Order 12608)
File:Jeff Zients, WHCOS.jpgJeff Zients February 7, 2023