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President Trump’s entire Cabinet is now in place. This powerful group of advisers include heads of the 15 executive departments. Each leader was confirmed by the Senate.

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Other top Trump administration officials and advisers did not require Senate confirmation.

(Trump’s first choice for national security advisor, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, resigned after misleading senior Trump administration officials about his potentially illegal contacts with Russian officials.)

Who Trump chooses to surround himself with greatly affects what his administration will accomplish. These top aides are just a slice of the thousands of positions Trump’s transition team may need to find appointees for — people who will oversee day-to-day operations at the agencies that make up the executive branch of government.

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The following list includes descriptions of each of Trump’s Cabinet picks and their nomination timelines.

Secretary of Agriculture

Previous head: Tom Vilsack

Trump’s agriculture pick will be tasked with overseeing the nation’s farming policy, including farming subsidies, food safety, nutrition assistance to low-income individuals, and international agriculture trade.

Nominee

ConfirmedSonny Perdue

Former Georgia governor

Perdue, a former Democrat who switched to the Republican Party before governing Georgia for two terms from 2003 to 2011, has a strong agricultural background, having grown up on a farm and earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine.

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Nomination timeline

Jan. 18

Appointment announced »

March 9

Referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry committee

March 30

Reported out favorably

April 24

Confirmed

Secretary of Commerce

Previous head: Penny Pritzker

Nominee

ConfirmedWilbur Ross

Founder of investment firm WL Ross & Co.

Ross is a venture capitalist who has focused on buying businesses in distress.

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Nomination timeline

Nov. 30

Appointment announced »

Jan. 18

Referred to Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee

Jan. 24

Reported out favorably

Feb. 27

Confirmed

Secretary of Defense

Previous head: Ashton B. Carter

The defense secretary oversees the U.S. Armed Forces and its estimated 2 million members, along with tens of thousands of civilian employees in the Pentagon and across the world. The Pentagon’s budget next year will be $580 billion, about 15 percent of all U.S. spending.

Nominee

ConfirmedGen. Jim Mattis

Retired 4-star General

Mattis, a retired Marine general and former senior military officer, led operations across the Middle East. To take the job, Mattis needed Congress to pass new legislation to bypass a federal law that states secretaries of defense must not have been on active duty in the previous seven years.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 1

Appointment announced »

Jan. 12

Referred to Armed Services committee

Jan. 18

Reported out favorably

Jan. 20

Confirmed »

Secretary of Education

Previous head: John B. King Jr.

The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act, passed last year, shifted authority over public education from the federal government to the states. Trump's education head is likely to further reduce the federal role in public schools, and to push for an expansion of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. Trump called the Common Core State Standards "a total disaster" during the campaign, and repeatedly pledged to get rid of them. But he won't be able to do that; it's up to states to decide which standards they use.

Nominee

ConfirmedBetsy DeVos

Chairman of American Federation for Children, a pro-school-voucher group

DeVos, a conservative activist and billionaire philanthropist, has pushed forcefully for private school voucher programs nationwide.

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Nomination timeline

Nov. 23

Appointment announced »

Jan. 17

Referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee

Jan. 31

Reported out favorably

Feb. 7

Confirmed

Secretary of Energy

Previous head: Ernest Moniz

The Energy Secretary oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile and the environmental cleanup of old nuclear weapons development sites. The secretary also sets appliance standards and promotes energy research and innovation through the national laboratories, loans and grants. Obama’s energy secretary Ernest Moniz, a physicist, also played a key role in negotiating the Iran nuclear deal.

Nominee

ConfirmedRick Perry

Former Texas governor

Perry, who ran for president for the past two election cycles, is likely to shift the department away from renewable energy and toward fossil fuels, whose production he championed as governor while serving for 14 years.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 13

Appointment announced »

Jan. 16

Referred to Energy and Natural Resources committee

Jan. 31

Reported out favorably

March 2

Confirmed

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Previous head: Sylvia Mathews Burwell

During his campaign, Trump railed against the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 law that is providing insurance coverage to about 20 million Americans and is changing many other aspects of the U.S. health-care system, and the president-elect and congressional Republicans are sounding eager to repeal it as one of their first acts. HHS also runs two vast insurance programs: Medicaid for low-income people and Medicare for older Americans. Altogether, the $80 billion department budget funds 11 operating divisions, including the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the agency that runs the nation’s welfare program, TANF.

Nominee

ConfirmedTom Price

Georgia congressman

Trump’s seriousness in carrying through on his “repeal” pledge is evident from his choice of health secretary: House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.), a champion of the House GOP’s efforts to abolish the law and replace it with free-market health policy ideas. Price also has wanted to convert Medicaid from an entitlement program to state block grants and to redefine Medicare by giving older Americans money to help buy private health plans.

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Nomination timeline

Nov. 29

Appointment announced »

Jan. 18

Referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee

Jan. 18

Hearing held (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions)

Jan. 20

Referred to Finance committee

Feb. 1

Reported out favorably (Finance)

Feb. 10

Confirmed

Secretary of Homeland Security

Previous head: Jeh Johnson

Few jobs are likely to be as high-profile in the Trump administration than chief of the Department of Homeland Security, the third-largest Cabinet department, with more than 240,000 employees whose jobs include fighting terrorism, protecting the president and enforcing immigration laws.

Nominee

ConfirmedGen. John F. Kelly

Retired Marine general, former U.S. Southern Command chief

Kelly retired in February as chief of U.S. Southern Command (which oversees military operations in Central and South America). He has clashed with the Obama administration over women in combat and plans to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 7

Appointment announced »

Jan. 10

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Jan. 20

Reported out favorably

Jan. 20

Confirmed

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Previous head: Julián Castro

The housing secretary is charged with carrying out the nation’s fair housing laws, overseeing thousands of public housing apartments and distributing grants to support community development and home ownership.

Nominee

ConfirmedBen Carson

Retired neurosurgeon

Carson — who ran against Trump in the wide field of Republican presidential primary candidates and has never held political office — is the president-elect’s highest profile African American supporter and confidant.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 5

Appointment announced »

Jan. 12

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Jan. 24

Reported out favorably

March 2

Confirmed

Secretary of Interior

Previous head: Sally Jewell

Nominee

ConfirmedRyan Zinke

Montana congressman

Zinke campaigned for his House seat on a platform of achieving North American energy independence. He sits on the House Natural Resources Committee as well as the Armed Services Committee.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 13

Appointment announced »

Jan. 17

Referred to Energy and Natural Resources committee

Jan. 31

Reported out favorably

March 1

Confirmed

Attorney General, Department of Justice

Previous head: Loretta E. Lynch

The attorney general is the top law enforcement official in the nation. The Justice Department head oversees the FBI, drug enforcement and civil rights enforcement, and is also responsible for civil litigation involving other government agencies.

Nominee

ConfirmedJeff Sessions

Senator from Alabama

Sessions, 69, was Trump’s first endorser in the Senate and quickly became the then-candidate’s chief resource on policy. Known for his hard-line views on immigration, the fourth-term senator has been dogged by accusations of racism throughout his career. In 1986, he was denied a federal judgeship after former colleagues testified before a Senate that he joked about the Ku Klux Klan.

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Nomination timeline

Nov. 18

Appointment announced »

Jan. 10

Referred to Judiciary committee

Feb. 1

Reported out favorably

Feb. 8

Confirmed »

Secretary of Labor

Previous head: Thomas E. Perez

The Labor Department leader oversees job training programs, worker protections and benefits and mine safety. The agency also collects employment data. Labor will be charged with carrying out Trump’s objectives on the minimum wage and collective bargaining.

Nominee

ConfirmedAlexander Acosta

Dean, Florida International University law school

Acosta was a member of the National Labor Relations Board, an assistant attorney general for civil rights and U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida under George W. Bush. He has won Senate confirmation in the past. If confirmed for Labor, he will be the first Latino in Trump’s Cabinet.

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Nomination timeline

Feb. 16

Appointment announced

March 7

Referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee

March 30

Reported out favorably

April 27

Confirmed »

Failed nominee

FailedAndrew Puzder

CEO, CKE Restaurants

Puzder withdrew from his nomination after coming under fire for hiring an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper and was also opposed strenuously by Democrats and labor unions for his past positions on overtime pay and minimum wage.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 8

Appointment announced »

Jan. 18

Referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee

Feb. 28

Withdrawn by president

Secretary of State

Previous head: John F. Kerry

The secretary of state is the star of most every Cabinet and the president’s principal foreign policy adviser. Trump has signaled he intends to change direction in the U.S. foreign policy toward some of the most sensitive and complex regions of the world, and his choice will be charged with implementing the new vision. He will oversee more than 70,000 State Department employees, including diplomats in more than 300 embassies, consulates and missions around the world.

Nominee

ConfirmedRex Tillerson

CEO, Exxon Mobil

Tillerson will likely face a tough fight in the Senate, where some Republicans have said they are worried about his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tillerson has worked extensively around the globe as chief executive of Exxon Mobil.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 13

Appointment announced »

Jan. 11

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jan. 23

Reported out favorably

Feb. 1

Confirmed

Secretary of Transportation

Previous head: Anthony Foxx

Trump has promised to pour $1 trillion into roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

Nominee

ConfirmedElaine Chao

Former labor secretary

Chao became the first Asian American female Cabinet member in U.S. history when she became President George W. Bush’s labor secretary. She is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

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Nomination timeline

Nov. 29

Appointment announced »

Jan. 12

Referred to Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee

Jan. 24

Reported out favorably

Jan. 31

Confirmed

Secretary of Treasury

Previous head: Jack Lew

Nominee

ConfirmedSteve Mnuchin

Banker, former Trump campaign finance chairman

Trump is planning to name investor and former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary, opting for an industry insider with no government experience to helm the agency that serves as the backbone of the nation’s financial system, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Nomination timeline

Nov. 30

Appointment announced »

Jan. 12

Referred to Finance committee

Feb. 1

Reported out favorably

Feb. 13

Confirmed

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Previous head: Robert McDonald

As the department recovers from a delayed-care scandal uncovered during the Obama years, the new VA head will need to deliver on Trump’s promise to revamp the agency, which may include privatizing parts of the veterans health care system.

Nominee

ConfirmedDavid Shulkin

Current under secretary for health, Department of Veterans Affairs

Shulkin, 57, who would be the first Obama administration holdover for Trump, was confirmed unanimously for his post as undersecretary in charge of the Veterans Health Administration in June 2015, a sign he could breeze through the Senate confirmation process.

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Nomination timeline

Jan. 11

Appointment announced »

Jan. 20

Referred to Veterans' Affairs committee

Feb. 7

Reported out favorably

Feb. 13

Confirmed

Central Intelligence Agency director

Previous head: John Brennan

Nominee

ConfirmedMichael Pompeo

Kansas congressman

Pompeo is widely respected for his intelligence but also seen as a fierce partisan on polarizing issues including the deaths of U.S. personnel in Benghazi and the leaks of Edward Snowden.

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Nomination timeline

Nov. 18

Appointment announced »

Jan. 12

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence committee

Jan. 20

Reported out favorably

Jan. 23

Confirmed »

Environmental Protection Agency administrator

Previous head: Gina McCarthy

Trump has vowed to “refocus” the EPA on its core mission of ensuring clean air and water, rather than its broader efforts under President Obama to combat climate change and accelerate the nation’s move toward cleaner sources of energy.

Nominee

ConfirmedScott Pruitt

Oklahoma attorney general

Pruitt, who has written that the debate on climate change is “far from settled,” is part of a coalition of state attorneys general suing the agency over the administration’s Clean Power Plan.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 7

Appointment announced »

Jan. 18

Referred to Environment and Public Works committee

Feb. 2

Reported out favorably

Feb. 17

Confirmed »

Office of Management and Budget director

Previous head: Shaun Donovan

Nominee

ConfirmedMick Mulvaney

South Carolina congressman

Mulvaney has been an advocate of sharp government spending cuts. He is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative hard-liners who have pushed Republican leaders to the right.

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 17

Appointment announced »

Jan. 30

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Feb. 2

Reported out favorably (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Feb. 2

Referred to Budget committee

Feb. 2

Reported out favorably (Budget)

Feb. 16

Confirmed

Director of National Intelligence

Nominee

ConfirmedDan Coats

Former Indiana senator

Read more »
Nomination timeline

Jan. 5

Appointment announced »

Jan. 20

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence committee

March 9

Reported out favorably

March 15

Confirmed

Small Business Association administrator

Previous head: Maria Contreras-Sweet

Nominee

ConfirmedLinda McMahon

Co-founder of the professional wrestling franchise WWE

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Nomination timeline

Dec. 7

Appointment announced »

Jan. 18

Referred to Small Business and Entrepreneurship committee

Jan. 31

Reported out favorably

Feb. 14

Confirmed

U.S. Trade Representative

Previous head: Michael Froman

Nominee

ConfirmedRobert E. Lighthizer

Former deputy U.S. trade representative

Lighthizer has years of experience in Washington, having worked various jobs including deputy U.S. trade representative during the Reagan administration.

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Nomination timeline

Jan. 3

Appointment announced »

Jan. 20

Referred to Finance committee

April 25

Reported out favorably

May 11

Confirmed

United Nations ambassador

Previous head: Samantha Power

Nominee

ConfirmedNikki Haley

South Carolina governor

Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, has little foreign policy experience but holds Republican mainstream foreign policy views, including opposition to the Iran nuclear agreement.

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Nomination timeline

Nov. 23

Appointment announced »

Jan. 18

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jan. 24

Reported out favorably

Jan. 24

Confirmed »

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