List of Department of the Interior appointments by Donald Trump explained

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Appointments

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of the Interior	David Bernhardt^[1] ^[2]	January 2, 2019	April 11, 2019
		April 11, 2019
Deputy Secretary of the Interior	Katharine MacGregor^[3] ^[4]	September 30, 2019	February 25, 2020
		February 25, 2020 ^[5]
Solicitor of the Interior	Daniel Habib Jorjani	September 26, 2019 ^[6]
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife)	Robert Wallace^[7]	June 30, 2019
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Insular Affairs)	Douglas Domenech	September 18, 2017
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals Management)	Vacant
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Policy, Management, and Budget)	Susan Combs	June 5, 2019
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Water and Science)		January 31, 2018
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Indian Affairs)	Tara Sweeney^[8]	July 9, 2018
Inspector General of the Interior	Mark Lee Greenblatt^[9]	August 26, 2019
Director of the National Park Service	David Vela^[10]	October 1, 2019^[11]	August 7, 2020
Member of the Board of Directors of the Presidio Trust	William Ellison Grayson^[12]	May 2017
	Marie Louise Hurabiell^[13]
	John W. Keker
	Lynne K. Benioff^[14]
	Carole McNeil
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement	Lanny Erdos^[15]	September 1, 2019	December 3, 2020
		December 3, 2020
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service	Aurelia Skipwith^[16]	January 6, 2020 ^[17]
United States Geological Survey
Director of the United States Geological Survey	James F. Reilly^[18]	May 14, 2018
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation	Brenda Burman	November 17, 2017

Previous officeholders

data-sort-type="text"	Office	data-sort-type="text"	Name	data-sort-type="date"	Took office	data-sort-type="date"	Left office	Notes
Secretary of the Interior		January 20, 2017	March 1, 2017
	Ryan Zinke	March 1, 2017	January 2, 2019	^[19]
Deputy Secretary of the Interior		January 20, 2017	August 1, 2017
	David Bernhardt	August 1, 2017	April 11, 2019	Became Secretary of the Interior.^[20]
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Indian Affairs)	Gavin Clarkson	June 11, 2017	December 29, 2017	^[21]
Director of the National Park Service	Michael T. Reynolds	January 3, 2017	January 24, 2018	^[22]
	P. Daniel Smith	January 24, 2018	September 30, 2019	^[23]
	David Vela	October 1, 2019	August 7, 2020	Retired after 30 years with the National Park Service.^[24]
Director of the Bureau of Land Management	Brian Steed	October 2017	May 2019
	William Perry Pendley	July 29, 2019	September 25, 2020	Removed by federal judge after unlawfully serving 424 days without Senate confirmation^[25]

Notes and References

1. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/28/president-donald-j-trump-announces-key-additions-his-administration "President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration"
2. Web site: Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts . March 8, 2019 . . . March 9, 2019.
3. Web site: Secretary Bernhardt Announces New Leadership. www.doi.gov. 30 September 2019 . October 2, 2019.
4. Web site: President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts . September 30, 2019 . . . October 2, 2019.
5. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Katharine MacGregor, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior) . US Senate . 20 June 2023.
6. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Daniel Habib Jorjani, of Kentucky, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior) . US Senate . 20 June 2023.
7. Web site: May 3, 2019. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to a Key Administration Post. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. May 14, 2019.
8. Web site: PN1179 – Nomination of Tara Sweeney for Department of the Interior, 115th Congress (2017–2018). October 24, 2017. www.congress.gov. January 13, 2018.
9. Web site: January 11, 2019. President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. January 14, 2019.
10. Web site: Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts. whitehouse.gov. National Archives. December 16, 2018.
11. Web site: Secretary Bernhardt Announces New National Park Service Leadership. September 30, 2019. www.nps.gov. December 6, 2019.
12. Web site: Appoints William Ellison Grayson to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors. February 24, 2018.
13. Web site: Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts. whitehouse.gov. National Archives. February 23, 2018.
14. Web site: Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts. whitehouse.gov. National Archives. October 26, 2019.
15. Web site: PN1246 — Lanny Erdos — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. December 4, 2020.
16. Web site: Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts. whitehouse.gov. National Archives. December 23, 2018.
17. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Aurelia Skipwith, of Indiana, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior) . US Senate . 20 June 2023.
18. Web site: President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Suzette Kuhlow Kent and Intent to Nominate Dr. James Reilly and Seth Daniel Appleton. . .
19. Web site: Interior Secretary to Leave Trump Administration by End of the Year. December 15, 2018. CNN. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215162529/https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/politics/ryan-zinke/index.html. December 15, 2018. live.
20. Web site: PN503 — David Bernhardt — Department of the Interior. April 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412160135/https://www.congress.gov/nomination/116th-congress/503. April 12, 2019. live.
21. Web site: Report cites 'disturbing' conduct of former Bureau of Indian Affairs official. February 17, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929054610/https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/03/07/report-cites-disturbing-conduct-of-exbur.asp. September 29, 2019. live.
22. Web site: Meet Your Controversial New Park Service Director . January 29, 2018. J. Weston. Phippen.
23. Web site: Vela To Serve As Acting Director of the NPS, Effective Immediately . October 1, 2019. Jenni. Gritters.
24. Web site: National Parks chief exit sparks concerns over replacement. August 7, 2020. Rebecca. Beitsch.
25. News: Brown . Matthew . September 26, 2020 . Judge removes Trump public lands boss for serving unlawfully . live . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926080858/https://apnews.com/article/billings-montana-archive-only-on-ap-472201d09bc69de32fbf3e110c094fa6 . September 26, 2020 . September 26, 2020.