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Cabinet of the United States

Mike Pence

Vice President

The Indiana governor, 57, is charged with leading the team deciding the key appointments in the new administration. He served as the chair of the House Republican Conference, the third highest-ranking Republican leadership position.

Rex Tillerson

Secretary of State

He is an American businessman. He was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of ExxonMobil from 2006 to 2016.

Steven Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury

He is a former Goldman Sachs partner and senior manager and hedge fund investor.

James Mattis

Secretary of Defense

He is a retired United States Marine Corps general who last served as the 11th Commander of United States Central Command, the Unified Combatant Command responsible for American military operations in the Middle East, Northeast Africa and Central Asia

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Jeff Sessions

Attorney General

He is the junior United States Senator from . He is a member of the Republican Party. He currently ranks fifteen in seniority in the and became the most senior junior Senator upon the retirement of Barbara Boxer in January 2017.

Ryan Zinke

Secretary of the

Interior

He is an American politician serving as U.S. Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the Montana Senate, representing Senate District 2 from 2009 to 2011.

Wilbur Ross

Secretary of

Commerce

He is an American investor, and former banker, known for restructuring failed companies in industries such as steel, coal, telecommunications, foreign investment and textiles. He specializes in leveraged buyouts and distressed businesses

Andrew Puzder

Secretary of Labor

He is the chief executive of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr. Puzder has served as president and CEO of CKE since September 2000.

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Tom Price

Secretary of Health and Human Services

He is an American physician and politician who is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Price's district encompasses the northern suburbs of Atlanta.

Ben Carson

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

He is an American retired surgeon, author, and politician. Born in Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of and the University of Michigan Medical School, Carson has authored numerous books on his medical career and political stances.

Elaine Chao

Secretary of

Transportation

Chao was the first Asian American woman and the first Taiwanese American in U.S. history to be appointed to a President's Cabinet. She served as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush.

Rick Perry

Secretary of Energy

He is an American politician who was 47th Governor of Texas from December 2000 to January 2015. A Republican, he was elected Lieutenant. Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000.

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Betsy DeVos

Secretary of Education

She is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and education activist. She was Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000.

David Shulkin

Secretary of

Veterans Affairs

He is the current Under Secretary of Health for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 18, 2015 and sworn in on July 6, 2015.

John F. Kelly

Secretary of

Homeland Security

He is a retired United States Marine Corps general and the former commander of United States Southern Command, the Unified Combatant Command responsible for American military operations in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

Nikki Haley

Ambassador to the United Nations

She is the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina, since January 2011. Haley is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving from 2005 until her election as governor.

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Scott Pruitt

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency He is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma.Pruitt represented Tulsa and Wagoner Counties in the Oklahoma Senate from 1998 until 2006.

Robert Lighthizer

United States Trade Representative Born in Ashtabula, , Lighthizer graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 and a Juris Doctor in 1973 from Georgetown University.

Mick Mulvaney Director of the Office of Management and Budget

He is an American politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 5th congressional district since 2011. He is the first Republican to represent South Carolina's 5th district since 1883.

Linda McMahon Administrator of the Small Business Administration She is an American professional wrestling magnate and politician. McMahon was active with the WWE from 1980 to 2009. During this time, the company grew from a small regional business in the North East to a large multinational corporation.

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Sonny Perdue

Secretary of

Agriculture

He is an American politician who served as the 81st Governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011. Upon his inauguration in January 2003, he became the first Republican Governor of Georgia since Reconstruction. Perdue currently serves on the Governors’ Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.

White House Staff

Reince Priebus

White House Chief of Staff

The departing chairman of the Republican National Committee is known as a dealmaker and is close with the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan. His role will be key in a White House run by Mr. Trump.

Steve Bannon

White House Chief Strategist

Born in Virginia in 1953, Mr Bannon spent four years in the navy before completing an MBA at Harvard. He then went into and, after a spell with Goldman Sachs, moved successfully into media financing.

Michael Flynn

White House National security adviser

He is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the 18th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, from July 22, 2012, to August 7, 2014.

Jared Kushner

White House Senior adviser

He Is an American real estate investor and developer, publisher, and senior advisor to President-elect .

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Stephen Miller

White House Senior policy adviser

He is an American political operative, best known for working for Republican Senator and president-elect Donald Trump.

Kellyanne Conway White House Counselor to the President She is an American Republican campaign manager, strategist, and pollster. She is president and CEO of The Polling Company Inc./Woman Trend, and has been a political commentator on CNN, and .

Don McGahn

White House Counsel

He Is an American campaign finance lawyer and former member of the United States Federal Election Commission. He was chief counsel for the National Republican Congressional Committee from 1999 to 2008. He was nominated to the Federal Election Commission in 2008 by George W. Bush and served in that role until 2013.

Sean Spicer

White House Director of Communications

Spicer has been Communications Director of the Republican National Committee since 2011, and Chief Strategist since 2015.