This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Links to lists of announced positions from which candidates have withdrawn or appointees who have resigned or have been terminated, as well as lists of appointments to other independent agencies and of holdovers from previous administrations are below.
Following President Trump's election, there were around 4,000 political appointment positions which the incoming Trump administration needed to review, and fill or confirm, of which 1,212 required Senate confirmation.[1] [2] The Washington Post has identified 757 key positions requiring U.S. Senate confirmation., 531 of Trump's nominees for key positions had been confirmed, 97 were awaiting confirmation, and 13 had been announced but not yet formally nominated,[3] a total of 639 positions. Trump has said he intends not to fill many of the positions.[4] The rules of the Senate require that when the term of the Senate expires (in the case of the 115th Congress, at noon on January 3, 2019), nominations then pending lapse and are returned to the president, who can resubmit them to the new Congress.[5]
All members of the Cabinet require confirmation by the United States Senate following nomination by the president prior to taking office. The vice presidency is exceptional in that the position requires election to office pursuant to the United States Constitution. Although some positions are of Cabinet-level rank, non-cabinet members within the Executive Office of the President, such as White House chief of staff, national security advisor, and White House press secretary, do not hold constitutionally created positions and most do not require Senate confirmation for appointment. Persons appointed on an acting basis do not require Senate confirmation before they begin to act in their position, even if a permanent appointment to that position would require confirmation. Appointments to judgeships on federal courts and of ambassadors require nomination by the president and confirmation by the Senate. Acting appointments to these positions are not permissible.
Certain news organizations, such as Politico and Newsweek, called Trump's incomplete cabinet a "conservative dream team"[6] or "the most conservative cabinet [in United States history]".[7] On the other hand, The Wall Street Journal stated that "it's nearly impossible to identify a clear ideological bent in the incoming president's" cabinet nominations.[8] The Wall Street Journal also stated that Trump's nominations signaled a pro-deregulation administration policy.[9]
Among Donald Trump's appointments there have been several former Goldman Sachs employees, such as Steven Mnuchin, Steven Bannon, and Gary Cohn, as well as several generals, such as Michael T. Flynn, James Mattis, and John F. Kelly. These appointments have generated some criticism, including allegations of violations of the principle of civilian control of the military and allegations of regulatory capture.[10] [11] The Democratic senator from Missouri, Claire McCaskill, has criticized Donald Trump's cabinet stating; "I call it the three 'G' Cabinet: Goldman, generals and gazillionaires."[12]
On January 18, 2017, two days before Trump's inauguration, it was reported that Trump had by then nominated only 28 people to fill 690 positions requiring Senate confirmation.[13] In particular, there had been no nominations below the Cabinet level for the departments of State or Defense, and the staff for the National Security Council was incomplete, while none of the NSC leadership had any NSC experience.[14]
On February 28, 2017, Trump announced he did not intend on filling many of the numerous governmental positions that were still vacant, as he considered them unnecessary.[15] According to CNN on February 25, there were nearly 2,000 vacant government positions.[16]
See main article: Executive Office appointments by Donald Trump.
See main article: List of Department of Agriculture appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Agriculture | Sonny Perdue[17] | April 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 | |
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture | Stephen Censky | October 11, 2017 [18] | November 8, 2020 |
See main article: List of Department of Commerce appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Commerce | Wilbur Ross[19] | February 28, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Karen Dunn Kelley[20] | November 29, 2017 | November 29, 2018 | |
| November 29, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
See main article: List of Department of Defense appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Defense | Chris Miller | November 9, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Secretary of Defense | David Norquist | January 2, 2019 | July 23, 2019 |
| July 31, 2019 [21] | February 8, 2021 |
See main article: List of Department of Education appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Education | Betsy DeVos[22] | February 7, 2017 | January 8, 2021 | |
Deputy Secretary of Education | Mick Zais[23] | May 17, 2018 |
See main article: List of Department of Energy appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Energy | Dan Brouillette | December 4, 2019 | |
Deputy Secretary of Energy | Mark Menezes[24] | December 4, 2019 | August 4, 2020 |
| August 4, 2020 | |||
Under Secretary of Energy (Management and Performance) | November 6, 2017 | August 4, 2020 |
See main article: List of Department of Health and Human Services appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Health and Human Services | Alex Azar[25] | January 29, 2018 | |
Eric Hargan[26] | October 10, 2017 | January 29, 2018 | |
Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services | October 6, 2017 |
See main article: List of Department of Homeland Security appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Homeland Security | Chad Wolf | November 13, 2019 | January 11, 2021 |
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | Ken Cuccinelli |
See main article: List of Department of Housing and Urban Development appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Ben Carson | March 2, 2017 | |
Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Brian D. Montgomery[27] | May 12, 2020 [28] | |
| January 17, 2019 |
See main article: List of Department of the Interior appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of the Interior | David Bernhardt[29] [30] | January 2, 2019 | April 11, 2019 |
| April 11, 2019 | |||
Deputy Secretary of the Interior | Katharine MacGregor[31] [32] | September 30, 2019 | February 25, 2020 |
| February 25, 2020 |
See main article: List of Department of Justice appointments by Donald Trump.
See also: List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Attorney General | William Barr[33] | February 14, 2019 | December 23, 2020 | |
Deputy Attorney General | Jeffrey A. Rosen | May 22, 2019 |
See main article: List of Department of Labor appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Labor | Eugene Scalia[34] | September 30, 2019 | ||
Patrick Pizzella[35] | July 20, 2019 | September 30, 2019 | ||
Deputy Secretary of Labor | April 17, 2018 |
See main article: List of Department of State appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of State | Mike Pompeo | April 26, 2018 | |
Deputy Secretary of State | Stephen Biegun[36] | December 21, 2019 | |
Deputy Secretary of State (Management and Resources) |
See main article: List of Department of Transportation appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Transportation | Elaine Chao | January 31, 2017 | January 11, 2021 |
Deputy Secretary of Transportation | Steven G. Bradbury[37] | September 10, 2019 | |
General Counsel of Transportation | November 28, 2017 |
See main article: List of Department of the Treasury appointments by Donald Trump.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of the Treasury | Steven Mnuchin | February 13, 2017 | ||
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | Justin Muzinich[38] | December 12, 2018 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Director of National Intelligence | ||||||||
Director of National Intelligence | John Ratcliffe | May 26, 2020 [44] | - style="background:linen;" | Deputy Director of National Intelligence | TBD | Upon Senate confirmation | --> | |
Chief Information Officer | John Sherman | September 5, 2017 | ||||||
| National Counterintelligence Executive | ||||||||
Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center | William Evanina | June 2, 2014 | ||||||
| May 6, 2020 [45] | ||||||||
| National Counterterrorism Center | ||||||||
Director of the National Counterterrorism Center | Christopher C. Miller[46] | August 10, 2020 | November 9, 2020 | |||||
See main article: Central Intelligence Agency.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Gina Haspel[47] | April 26, 2018 | May 21, 2018 | |
| May 21, 2018 [48] | ||||
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Vaughn Bishop[49] | August 1, 2018 | ||
General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency | Courtney Simmons Elwood[50] | June 6, 2017 [51] |
See main article: Small Business Administration.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Administrator of the Small Business Administration | Jovita Carranza[60] | January 14, 2020[61] [62] | ||
Chief Counsel of Advocacy for the Small Business Administration | Vacant | |||
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration | Hannibal Ware[63] | May 24, 2018 |
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
Chairman of the Federal Reserve | Jerome Powell | February 5, 2018 [64] | |
Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve | Richard Clarida[65] | September 17, 2018 [66] | |
Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve | Randal Quarles | October 13, 2017 [67] | |
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | Christopher Waller[68] | December 18, 2020 [69] | |
Michelle Bowman | November 26, 2018 [70] | ||
| TBD (reappointment) [71] | |||
Randal Quarles | July 18, 2018 [72] | ||
Richard Clarida | September 17, 2018 | ||
| Vacant |
See main article: NASA.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export–Import Bank of the United States | |||
President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States | Kimberly A. Reed[77] | May 9, 2019 [78] | |
Member of the Board of Directors of the Export–Import Bank of the United States | Spencer Bachus[79] | May 9, 2019 [80] | |
| Vacant | |||
Judith Pryor[81] | May 10, 2019 [82] | ||
Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank of the United States | Vacant | ||
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | |||
| Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Steven Mnuchin | April 2018 | |
| Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Keith J. Krach[83] | June 21, 2019 | |
| United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Jennifer Nordquist | September 2019[84] | |
| United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Erik Bethel[85] | April 2018 | |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | |||
| Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Steven Mnuchin | April 16, 2018 | |
| Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Keith J. Krach[86] | TBD | |
United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Judy Shelton[87] | April 16, 2018 | |
J. Steven Dowd[88] | September 2020 | ||
| African Development Bank | |||
| Governor of the African Development Fund | Steven Mnuchin | April 2018 | |
| United States Director of the African Development Bank | J. Steven Dowd[89] | October 2018 | |
| Asian Development Bank | |||
| Governor of the Asian Development Bank | Steven Mnuchin | April 2018 | |
| United States Director of the Asian Development Bank | Jason Myung-Ik Chung[90] | TBD | |
| Inter-American Development Bank | |||
Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank | Steven Mnuchin | April 2018 | |
Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank | Keith J. Krach | TBD | |
| United States Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank | Eliot Pedrosa[91] [92] | TBD | |
| United States Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank | June 2018 | ||
| Vacant | |||
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amtrak Board | ||||
Member of the Amtrak Board of Directors | Lynn Westmoreland[93] | Upon Senate confirmation | ||
Joe Gruters[94] | ||||
| Rick Dearborn[95] | ||||
Theodore Rokita[96] | ||||
| Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | ||||
Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | Katherine Lemos[97] | April 23, 2020 | ||
Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | ||||
| Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board | ||||
Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board | Joseph Bruce Hamilton[98] | TBD | ||
Joyce Louise Connery[99] | ||||
Jessie Hill Roberson | ||||
Thomas A. Summers[100] | ||||
| Merit Systems Protection Board | ||||
Chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board | Dennis Dean Kirk[101] | Upon Senate confirmation | ||
Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board | B. Chad Bungard[102] | |||
| Julia Akins Clark[103] [104] | ||||
| National Labor Relations Board | ||||
Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board | John F. Ring[105] | April 16, 2018 [106] | ||
Marvin Kaplan[107] | December 21, 2017 | April 16, 2018 | ||
Member of the National Labor Relations Board | August 10, 2017 [108] [109] | |||
William Emanuel | September 28, 2017 [110] | |||
Lauren McFerran | July 29, 2020 [111] | |||
General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board | Peter B. Robb | November 17, 2017 [112] | ||
| National Mediation Board | ||||
Member of the National Mediation Board | Gerald Fauth | November 9, 2017 | ||
Kyle Fortson | November 13, 2017 | |||
Linda Puchala | November 2, 2017 | |||
| National Transportation Safety Board | ||||
Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board | Robert L. Sumwalt | August 10, 2017 | ||
| TBD [113] | ||||
Member of the National Transportation Safety Board | Bruce Landsberg | August 7, 2018 | ||
Jennifer Homendy[114] | August 20, 2018 | |||
| TBD [115] | ||||
Michael Graham | January 3, 2020 | |||
Thomas B. Chapman[116] | January 6, 2020 | |||
| Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board | ||||
| Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board | Adam Klein[117] | October 2018 | ||
| Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board | Edward Felten[118] | |||
| TBD [119] | ||||
Jane Nitze | October 2018 | |||
Aditya Bamzai[120] | TBD | |||
Travis LeBlanc | ||||
| Public Buildings Reform Board | ||||
| Members of the Public Buildings Reform Board | Angela B. Styles | July 2018 | ||
| Mary Phillips[121] | December 2018 | |||
| David Winstead[122] | January 2019 | |||
| Railroad Retirement Board | ||||
Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board | Erhard R. Chorlé[123] | February 6, 2019 | ||
Member of the Railroad Retirement Board (Employee Representative) | Johnathan Bragg[124] | February 5, 2019 | ||
Member of the Railroad Retirement Board (Carrier Representative) | Thomas Jayne | February 4, 2019 | ||
| Social Security Advisory Board | ||||
| Member of the Social Security Advisory Board | Michael J. Astrue[125] | |||
| Jason J. Fichtner | Upon Senate confirmation | |||
| Southern States Energy Board | ||||
| Federal Representative to the Southern States Energy Board | November 15, 2017 | |||
| Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund | ||||
| Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund | James B. Lockhart III | Upon Senate confirmation | ||
| Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund | ||||
| Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund | James B. Lockhart III | Upon Senate confirmation | ||
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Battle Monuments Commission | ||||
Member of the American Battle Monuments Commission | William M. Matz Jr.[126] | April 11, 2018 | ||
Tom Hicks | ||||
John P. McGoff | ||||
Evans C. Spiceland | ||||
Robert Wefald | ||||
Jennifer Carroll | ||||
Dorothy Gray | ||||
Luis R. Quinonez | ||||
David Urban[127] | May 1, 2018 | |||
Benjamin Cassidy[128] | June 2018 | |||
Robert L. Ord[129] | August 2018 | |||
| Appalachian Regional Commission | ||||
| Co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission | Tim Thomas[130] | April 3, 2018 | ||
| Commodity Futures Trading Commission | ||||
Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission | Heath Tarbert | July 15, 2019 [131] | ||
Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission | ||||
Brian Quintenz[132] | August 15, 2017 | |||
Dawn DeBerry Stump[133] | September 5, 2018 | |||
Rostin Behnam | September 6, 2017 | |||
Dan Berkovitz[134] | September 7, 2018 | |||
| Consumer Product Safety Commission | ||||
Chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission | data-sort-value="Beck, Nancy B." | Nancy B. Beck[135] | Upon senate confirmation | |
Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission | Dana Baiocco[136] | June 1, 2018 [137] | ||
Peter Feldman[138] [139] | October 5, 2018 [140] | |||
| Election Assistance Commission | ||||
Member of the Election Assistance Commission | Benjamin Hovland | February 6, 2019 | ||
Donald L. Palmer[141] | February 6, 2019 | |||
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | ||||
Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Janet Dhillon[142] | May 15, 2019 [143] | ||
Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Charlotte Burrows[144] | TBD | ||
| Andrea R. Lucas | TBD [145] | |||
Jocelyn Samuels | TBD [146] | |||
Keith E. Sonderling[147] | September 30, 2020 [148] | |||
General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Sharon Fast Gustafson[149] | March 5, 2021 | ||
| Federal Communications Commission | ||||
Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission | Ajit V. Pai[150] [151] | October 2, 2017 [152] | ||
Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission | Brendan Carr[153] [154] | August 11, 2017 (Carr confirmed for another term January 2, 2019) | ||
Jessica Rosenworcel[155] | ||||
Geoffrey Starks[156] | January 30, 2019 | |||
| Nathan A. Simington[157] | TBD [158] | |||
| Federal Election Commission | ||||
Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission | James E. Trainor III[159] | May 19, 2020 [160] | ||
| Federal Maritime Commission | ||||
Member of the Federal Maritime Commission | Dan Maffei[161] | January 23, 2019 | ||
| Louis E. Sola | ||||
Carl Bentzel[162] | December 9, 2019 | |||
| Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission | ||||
Chairman of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission | Marco M. Rajkovich Jr.[163] | March 25, 2019 | ||
Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission | William Althen[164] | March 25, 2019 | ||
Arthur Traynor[165] | March 25, 2019 | |||
| Federal Trade Commission | ||||
Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission | Joseph Simons | May 1, 2018 | ||
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | ||||
Rohit Chopra[166] | May 2, 2017 | |||
Noah Joshua Phillips[167] | ||||
Christine S. Wilson | September 26, 2018 | |||
Rebecca Slaughter[168] | May 2, 2017 | |||
| United States Commission of Fine Arts | ||||
Member of the Commission of Fine Arts | Justin Shubow | September 2018 | ||
| Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission | ||||
| Member of the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission | Alveda King[169] | |||
| Eric Madison Lowery | ||||
Naomi C. Earp | ||||
| Dean Brode Nelson[170] | ||||
| Great Lakes Fishery Commission | ||||
| Commissioner of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission | Charles M. Wooley[171] | November 2018 | ||
| National Indian Gaming Commission | ||||
Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission | E. Sequoyah Simermeyer[172] | TBD | ||
| International Joint Commission | ||||
| Commissioner of the International Joint Commission for United States and Canada | Jane Corwin | TBD | ||
| United States Commission on International Religious Freedom | ||||
Member of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom | Gary Bauer[173] | May 2018 | ||
| Johnnie Moore Jr. | ||||
| International Trade Commission | ||||
Commissioner of the International Trade Commission | Jason Kearns | April 2, 2018 | ||
| Amy Karpel[174] [175] | TBD | |||
| Randolph J. Stayin[176] | ||||
| National Commission on Military Aviation Safety | ||||
| Member of the National Commission on Military Aviation Safety | Scott C. Donnelly[177] | November 2018 | ||
Joe Hagin | ||||
| Richard F. Healing | ||||
| Dabney Kern | ||||
| Mississippi River Commission | ||||
| President of the Mississippi River Commission | Richard G. Kaiser | September 2017 | ||
| Member of the Mississippi River Commission | James A. Reeder[178] | |||
| Northern Border Regional Commission | ||||
| Federal Co-chairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission | Harold B. Parker | October 17, 2018 | ||
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | ||||
Chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Kristine Svinicki | January 23, 2017 [179] | ||
Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Jeff Baran[180] | May 29, 2018 | ||
Annie Caputo | May 29, 2018 | |||
David A. Wright | May 29, 2018 | |||
Christopher T. Hanson | TBD | |||
Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Robert J. Feitel | TBD [181] | ||
| Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission | ||||
| Chairwoman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission | Heather MacDougall[182] | August 3, 2017 | April 6, 2019 | |
| Commissioner of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission | James Sullivan | |||
Amanda Wood Laihow | TBD | |||
| Cynthia L. Attwood | TBD (reappointment) | |||
| Postal Regulatory Commission | ||||
Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission | Michael Kubayanda | January 29, 2019 | ||
Ann C. Fisher[183] | August 8, 2019 | |||
Ashley Poling[184] | ||||
| Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin | ||||
| Member of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin | Jeffrey L. Milhorn | November 2018 | ||
| U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad | ||||
Member of the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad | Heshie Billet | Reappointment | ||
| October 2017 | ||||
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission | Jay Clayton[185] [186] | May 4, 2017 [187] | ||
Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission | January 11, 2018 | |||
Allison Lee | July 8, 2019 | |||
Elad Roisman[188] | September 11, 2018 [189] | |||
Caroline A. Crenshaw | August 17, 2020 | |||
| United States Semiquincentennial Commission | ||||
| Chairman of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission | Daniel M. DiLella[190] | March 2018 | ||
| United States Sentencing Commission | ||||
| Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission | Kevin Michael Moore[191] | TBD | ||
| Member of the United States Sentencing Commission | Charles R. Breyer | March 21, 2017 [192] | ||
Danny C. Reeves | ||||
Claria Horn Boom | TBD | |||
Henry E. Hudson | ||||
| John G. Malcolm | ||||
Luis Felipe Restrepo | ||||
| Commission on Social Impact Partnerships | ||||
| Chairman of the Commission on Social Impact Partnerships | Paul Bradford Edgerley | June 2018 | ||
| Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission | ||||
| Member of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission | Jovita Carranza[193] | August 2018 | ||
Kay Coles James[194] | September 2018 | |||
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | ||||
| Member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Pamella DeVos | October 2017 | ||
| Michael Lorber | ||||
| Anne N. Reyes | ||||
| Stephanie Spencer | ||||
| Vance Thompson | ||||
| Geoffrey K. Verhoff | ||||
| Rene Augustine[195] | December 2018 | |||
| Annette Shelby | ||||
Lee Greenwood[196] | November 2019 | |||
| Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled | ||||
| Army Representative on the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled | Stuart A. Hazlett[197] | December 2018 | ||
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Council on Disability | |||
Member of the National Council on Disability | Neil Romano | March 8, 2018 | |
| Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council | |||
| Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council | Alexander Herrgott[198] | September 2018 | |
| Federal Salary Council | |||
| Vice Chair of the Federal Salary Council | Jill L. Nelson[199] | September 2018 | |
| Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | |||
Chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | Aimee Kathryn Jorjani[200] | July 22, 2019 | |
| Member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | Robert Eugene Simison[201] | ||
| United States Holocaust Memorial Council | |||
| Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council | Howard Lorber[202] | May 31, 2017 | |
| Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council | Andrew M. Cohn | TBD | |
| Helene Feldman | |||
| Murray J. Laulicht | |||
| Betty Pantirer Schwartz | |||
| Bradley D. Wine | |||
| Jonathan W. Burkan[203] | TBD | ||
| Sam M. Devinki | |||
| David M. Flaum | |||
| Jeremy Halpern | |||
| Fred S. Zeidman[204] | TBD | ||
| Adam E. Beren[205] | TBD | ||
Joshua Bolten | |||
| Sonia Marilyn Breslow | |||
Ari Fleischer | |||
| Adele Malpass | |||
| Frederick R. Marcus | |||
| Irvin Shapell | |||
Ronald Weiser | |||
| National Endowment for the Arts | |||
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts | Mary Anne Carter[206] | TBD | |
Member of the National Council on the Arts | Charles Wickser Banta | Upon Senate confirmation | |
| Michelle Itczak | |||
| Barbara Coleen Long | |||
| Carleton Varney | |||
| National Infrastructure Advisory Council | |||
| Member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council | William Fehrman | ||
| Joseph R. Baich[207] | |||
| Daniel P. Walsh[208] | |||
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Government Ethics | ||||
Director of the Office of Government Ethics | Emory A. Rounds III | July 13, 2018 | ||
| Office of Personnel Management | ||||
Director of the Office of Personnel Management | Margaret Weichert | October 2018[209] | ||
Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management | Michael Rigas[210] | |||
Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management | John Edward Dupuy[211] | Upon Senate confirmation | ||
Member of the Federal Salary Council | Ronald Sanders[212] | |||
| Katja Bullock | ||||
| Office of Special Counsel | ||||
Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel | Henry Kerner[213] | October 30, 2017 | ||
| United States Government Publishing Office | ||||
Director of the Government Publishing Office | Hugh N. Halpern | TBD | ||
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | ||||
Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services | Crosby Kemper III | TBD | ||
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Credit Administration | ||||||||
Member of the Farm Credit Administration | December 14, 2017 | |||||||
| Charles A. Stones | TBD | |||||||
| Rodney K. Brown[214] | Upon Senate confirmation | |||||||
| General Services Administration | ||||||||
Administrator of General Services | Emily W. Murphy | December 12, 2017 | ||||||
| National Credit Union Administration | ||||||||
Member of the National Credit Union Administration | Rodney Hood[215] | April 8, 2019 | ||||||
Todd Harper[216] | ||||||||
| Kyle Hauptman | TBD [217] | |||||||
| Social Security Administration | ||||||||
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration | Andrew Saul[218] | June 17, 2019 [219] | ||||||
Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration | David Fabian Black | TBD [220] | ||||||
Inspector General of the Social Security Administration | Gail S. Ennis[221] | February 4, 2019 | ||||||
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund | James B. Lockhart III | Upon Senate confirmation | ||||||
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund | ||||||||
| Administrative Conference of the United States | ||||||||
Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States | Vacant | |||||||
Member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States | Donald F. McGahn II[222] | Upon Senate Confirmation | ||||||
| Michael H. McGinley | ||||||||
| Jeffrey M. Harris | ||||||||
| Nicholas T. Matich IV | December 11, 2018 | |||||||
| Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency | ||||||||
| Director of the Agency for Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency | Richard Tischner[223] | February 11, 2019 | ||||||
| Federal Housing Finance Agency | ||||||||
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency | Mark A. Calabria[224] | April 9, 2019 [225] | ||||||
| United States Agency for International Development | ||||||||
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | Vacant | |||||||
Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | Bonnie Glick | January 30, 2019 | November 6, 2020 | |||||
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development(Africa) | Ramsey Day[226] | TBD | - style="background:linen;" | Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Asia) | TBD | Upon Senate confirmation | --> | |
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development(Europe and Eurasia) | January 8, 2018 | |||||||
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development(Latin America and the Caribbean) | John Barsa[227] | TBD | ||||||
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development(Middle East) | Michael T. Harvey[228] | January 30, 2019 | ||||||
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance) | Jenny McGee[229] | TBD | ||||||
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Economic Policy, Economic Growth, Education and Environment) | Michelle Bekkering[230] | TBD | ||||||
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Global Health) | Alma Golden[231] | TBD | ||||||
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Legislative and Public Affairs) | Richard C. Parker[232] | June 10, 2019 | ||||||
Member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development | Mark E. Keenum[233] | Reappointment | ||||||
| Richard L. Lackey | ||||||||
Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance | Julie E. Cram[234] | March 2018 | ||||||
| Tahoe Regional Planning Agency | ||||||||
| Member of the Governing Board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency | ||||||||
| Delta Regional Authority | ||||||||
Federal Co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority | Christopher Caldwell | January 12, 2018 | ||||||
Alternate Federal Co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority | Peter Kinder[235] | September 7, 2017 | ||||||
| Federal Labor Relations Authority | ||||||||
Chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority | Colleen Kiko | December 11, 2017 | ||||||
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority | November 16, 2017 | |||||||
James T. Abbott | December 11, 2017 | |||||||
General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority | Catherine Bird | Upon Senate confirmation | ||||||
| Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority | ||||||||
| Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority | Alan E. Cobb | Upon Senate confirmation | ||||||
| William Shaw McDermott[236] | ||||||||
| Tennessee Valley Authority | ||||||||
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority | Kenneth E. Allen[237] | January 11, 2018 | ||||||
A.D. Frazier[238] | January 9, 2018 | |||||||
William Kilbride[239] | August 8, 2019 | |||||||
| John L. Ryder | March 20, 2019 | |||||||
Jeffrey Smith[240] | January 11, 2018 | |||||||
| January 12, 2018 | ||||||||
| U.S. Agency for Global Media | ||||||||
Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for Global Media | Michael Pack[241] | June 5, 2020 [242] | ||||||
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | ||||||||
Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau | Kathy Kraninger | December 10, 2018[243] [244] | ||||||
| Legal Services Corporation | ||||||||
Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation | Robert J. Grey Jr. | TBD | ||||||
| Matthew D. Keenan[245] | ||||||||
| Abigail Kuzma | ||||||||
John G. Levi | ||||||||
| John G. Malcolm | ||||||||
| Frank X. Neuner Jr. | ||||||||
| Julie Reiskin | ||||||||
Gloria Valencia-Weber | ||||||||
Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation | Sean Cairncross[246] | June 24, 2019 [247] | ||||||
Member of the Millennium Challenge Corporation | Mike Johanns[248] | TBD [249] | ||||||
Susan McCue[250] | ||||||||
Ander Crenshaw | ||||||||
| George M. Marcus[251] | ||||||||
| Corporation for National and Community Service | ||||||||
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service | Barbara Stewart | February 20, 2018 | ||||||
Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service | Victoria Ann Hughes | Upon Senate confirmation | ||||||
| Heather Reynolds | ||||||||
| Overseas Private Investment Corporation | ||||||||
President and CEO of the OPIC | David Bohigian | March 2019 | ||||||
Executive Vice President of the OPIC | September 5, 2017 | |||||||
Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation | Christopher Vincze | July 10, 2019 | ||||||
Small Business Member of the Board of Directors of the OPIC | Frederick Perpall | Upon Senate confirmation | ||||||
Public Member of the Board of Directors of the OPIC | Irving Bailey[252] | July 10, 2019 | ||||||
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting | ||||||||
Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting | Ruby Calvert[253] | May 2018 | ||||||
Laura G. Ross | May 2018 | |||||||
| Bruce Ramer[254] | TBD | |||||||
| Janice Miriam Hellreich | ||||||||
Robert A. Mandell | TBD | |||||||
| Don Munce | Upon Senate confirmation | |||||||
Director of the Peace Corps | Jody Olsen[255] | March 30, 2018 | ||||||
Deputy Director of the Peace Corps | Alan Swendiman[256] | Upon Senate confirmation | ||||||
| National Science Foundation | ||||||||
Director of the National Science Foundation | Sethuraman Panchanathan | June 23, 2020 | ||||||
Member of the National Science Board | Maureen L. Condic[257] | November 2018 | ||||||
Suresh V. Garimella | ||||||||
Steven Leath | ||||||||
Geraldine L. Richmond | ||||||||
Alan Stern | ||||||||
| Stephen Willard | ||||||||
Maria Zuber | ||||||||
| International Monetary Fund | ||||||||
| Governor of the International Monetary Fund | Steven Mnuchin | April 2018 | ||||||
| United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund | sMark Rosen[258] | Upon Senate confirmation | ||||||
| National Endowment for the Humanities | ||||||||
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities | Jon Parrish Peede | May 3, 2018 | ||||||
Member of the National Council on the Humanities | David Armand DeKeyser[259] | TBD | ||||||
| Phyllis Kaminsky | ||||||||
Kim Holmes | ||||||||
| Jean M. Yarbrough | ||||||||
| Keegan Callanan | ||||||||
| Kathe Hicks Albrecht | ||||||||
| Russell Berman[260] | ||||||||
| William English | ||||||||
| Marjorie Fisher Furman | ||||||||
| John Fonte | ||||||||
| Claire Griffin | ||||||||
| Joyce Lee Malcolm | ||||||||
| Adair Margo | ||||||||
| Matthew Rose | ||||||||
William Schneider Jr. | ||||||||
| Noël Valis | ||||||||
| Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | ||||||||
Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | Richard Giacolone[261] | June 12, 2018 | August 13, 2020 | |||||
| TBD | ||||||||
| United States Postal Service | ||||||||
Member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service | Mike Duncan[262] [263] | September 13, 2018 [264] | ||||||
David C. Williams | September 13, 2018 | |||||||
| John McLeod Barger | August 20, 2019 | |||||||
Ron Bloom[265] | ||||||||
| Roman Martinez IV | ||||||||
| William Zollars[266] | TBD | |||||||
Donald Lee Moak | TBD | |||||||
| Selective Service System | ||||||||
Director of the Selective Service System | Don Benton[267] | April 13, 2017 | ||||||
| United Service Organizations | ||||||||
Member of the Board of Governors of the United Service Organizations | Karen Kelly[268] | January 2019 | ||||||
| Jayne H. Plank | ||||||||
| Architect of the Capitol | ||||||||
Architect of the Capitol | J. Brett Blanton | January 16, 2020 | ||||||
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | ||||||||
| Member of the Board of Directors | LaJuana S. Wilcher | TBD | ||||||
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | ||||||||
Chief Executive Officer | Adam Boehler | December 20, 2019 | ||||||
Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Edward Burrier[269] | Upon Senate confirmation | ||||||
| Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention | ||||||||
Grady Judd | December 22, 2020 [270] | |||||||
See main article: List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations.
See main article: List of Donald Trump nominees who have withdrawn.
While President Trump tweeted on February 7, 2017, dissatisfaction – "It is a disgrace my Cabinet is not yet in place, the longest such delay in the history of our country"—the assertion was ruled false by the BBC based on a detailed review of the last five administrations. The analysis found more room for a general complaint of slowness in congressional action and that the administration "has by far the fewest confirmed cabinet selections at this point" but it also noted that, beyond the non-action on Judge Merrick Garland's 10-month nomination to the Supreme Court by Trump's predecessor, President Obama's "choice for Labor secretary, Thomas Perez, took 121 days to be confirmed. John Bryson, his commerce pick, waited 126 days. Attorney General Loretta Lynch holds the modern record, as 161 days passed before getting Senate approval."[271]
In an update on the March 2017 nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to the CFTC, the White House submitted his paperwork to the Senate committee in early May. "The paperwork is a prerequisite for the panel to advance the nomination with a hearing and an eventual committee vote, which now may not come until the summer or fall. The committee is said to be waiting for the administration to nominate individuals to fill two more vacancies at the commission before it holds the hearing, according to Senate aides and people familiar with the process," reported the Wall Street Journal.[132]
In July 2017, the New York Times assessed the pace and reported that Trump had announced 36 percent of "leadership positions below the secretary level" compared with 78 percent by Obama over the same period. Average approval time has been nine days slower for Trump appointees versus Obama's. Ten of 15 Cabinet agencies had no number two, several deputy secretaries were not nominated until after the Administration's 100-day mark, and some had not yet been nominated.[272]
By October 2017, Trump had made 412 nominations. By the same point in their respective presidencies, George W. Bush had made 640 nominations and Barack Obama had made 536 nominations.[273]
In May 2018, assessing the administration's overall personnel approach, Evan Osnos reported in The New Yorker that "more than half of the six hundred and fifty-six most critical positions are still unfilled." He quoted Max Stier of the Partnership for Public Service as saying "We've never seen vacancies at this scale[.] Not anything close."[274]
Since 2017 several people with ties to the Center for Security Policy CSP have joined the Trump administration, including Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway in 2017, chief of staff for the National Security Council Fred Fleitz in 2018,[275] and Deputy National Security Advisor Charles Kupperman in 2019.[276] Kupperman served on the board of directors for CSP between 2001 and 2010. The Trump administration used reports released by the CSP when it proposed to ban all Muslims from entering the United States.[277]
Anthony Tata the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy before his term. In Twitter posts and radio-show appearances in 2017 and 2018, Tata repeatedly made the false claim that President Barack Obama was a "Muslim" and a "terrorist leader"; accused Obama of being "an anti-Semite" who wanted to "destroy Israel" and "did not want" to defeat ISIL; and claimed that the negotiation of the multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran was born by Obama's "Islamic roots".[278] [279] [280]
Pete Hoekstra the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands before his term, made claims in November 2015 at a panel titled "Muslim Migration into Europe: Eurabia come True?" hosted by the David Horowitz Freedom Center[281] that the Netherlands had "no-go zones" and that politicians and cars were being set on fire in the country due to radical Islam.[282] [283] [284] [285]
In 2020, President Donald Trump proposed Douglas Macgregor as ambassador to Germany, but the Senate blocked the nomination. In the past he made comments that disparaged immigrants and refugees, called for martial law at US-Mexico border.[286]