Presidential Cabinet Members
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Presidential cabinet members. Robert longley is a u s. Tradition holds that cabinet secretaries resign when a new president takes office. Here is the current makeup of president trump s cabinet.
Cabinet members serve at the pleasure of the president and may be dismissed at any time. The president may select potential candidates from any walk of american life business education the military or those already in government service. Trump s cabinet includes vice president mike pence and the heads of the 15 executive departments the secretaries of agriculture commerce defense education energy.
The united states constitution does not explicitly establish a cabinet. On february 8 2017 president trump outlined the 24 members of the cabinet excluding the council of economic advisers chairman position. There are 23 members of the presidential cabinet including the vice president of the united states.
Vice president mike pence. In addition to the chairman the council had two other members also appointed by the president as well as a staff of economists researchers and statisticians. As the trump administration continues to change here s an up to date look at who is currently serving in the president s cabinet.
How the first cabinet was created authority for the creation of a presidential cabinet is granted in article ii section 2 of the u s. Mike pence vice president vice president mike pence assumed.
