Mike Pompeo
Since April 26, 2018
Steven Mnuchin
Since Feb. 13, 2017
Mark Esper
Since July 23, 2019
William Barr
Since Feb. 14, 2019
David Bernhardt
Since April 11, 2019
Sonny Perdue
Since April 24, 2017
Wilbur Ross
Since Feb. 28, 2017
Patrick Pizzella
Since July 20, 2019 (acting)
Alex Azar
Since Jan. 29, 2018
Ben Carson
Since March 2, 2017
Elaine Chao
Since Jan. 31, 2017
Rick Perry
Since March 2, 2017
Betsy DeVos
Since Feb. 7, 2017
Robert Wilkie
Since July 30, 2018
Kevin McAleenan
Since April 8, 2019 (acting)
Mick Mulvaney
Since Jan. 2, 2019 (acting)
Charles Kupperman
Since Sept. 11, 2019 (acting)
Robert Lighthizer
Since May 11, 2017
Joseph Maguire
Since Aug. 16, 2017 (acting)
Kelly Craft
Since July 31, 2019
Russell Vought1
Since Jan. 2, 2019 (acting)
Gina Haspel
Since May 17, 2018
Andrew Wheeler
Since Feb. 28, 2019
Chris Pilkerton
Since April 13, 2019 (acting)
Loren Sweatt
Since July 24, 2017 (acting)
Norman Sharpless
Since April 5, 2019 (acting)
Ann Marie Buerkle
Since Feb. 9, 2017 (acting)
Pete Gaynor2
Since March 8, 2019 (acting)
Matthew Albence3
Since July 5, 2019 (acting)
Ken Cuccinelli
Since June 10, 2019 (acting)
Mark Morgan4
Since July 5, 2019 (acting)
1. Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, is also the director of the Office of Management and Budget. However, the White House refers to Deputy Director Russell Vought as OMB’s acting director.
2. The Senate began hearing the nomination of Jeffrey Byard to be the administrator of FEMA on June 13. Pete Gaynor will continue to serve as acting head of FEMA during the confirmation process.
3. Mark Morgan, the acting director of ICE since May, was tapped to replace acting CBP commissioner John Sanders on June 25. Matthew Albence, then-deputy director at ICE, assumed the role of acting director.
4. Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security, is currently the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. John Sanders, chief operating officer at CBP, was named acting commissioner on April 15, but resigned on July 5. He was replaced by Mark Morgan, then-acting head of ICE, as acting CBP commissioner.