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On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will be inaugurated for a second term as president of the United States. His administration has to fill some 4,000 posts, which include members of the cabinet. While the president has some discretion in determining what posts are part of the cabinet, its core members are the vice president and heads of the 15 executive departments. All these positions, except VP, require Senate confirmation and are in the order of presidential succession. Other cabinet-level posts include chief of staff, director of national intelligence, head of the CIA, and surgeon general.

Below are Trump’s selections for his second cabinet as well as other key posts in his upcoming administration. An empty field indicates that a person has yet to be chosen.

Cabinet

The table below features the principal members of the cabinet: the vice president and the various department heads. As noted above, the department posts require Senate confirmation.

post name
Vice President J.D. Vance
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
Attorney General Pam Bondi
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

Other members

The table below contains other positions that require Senate confirmation.

post name
Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
Director of the FBI Kash Patel
Ambassador to the UN Elise Stefanik
Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker
Administrator of the EPA Lee Zeldin
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dave Weldon
Surgeon General Janette Nesheiwat
Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

The table below contains positions that do not require Senate confirmation.

post name
Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
Border Czar Thomas Homan
National Security Adviser Michael Waltz
Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller
White House Counsel David Warrington
Communications Director Steven Cheung
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
Directors of the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
Chair of the FCC Brendan Carr
Kenny Chmielewski Amy Tikkanen