All 15 of President Donald Trump’s (R) Cabinet secretaries have now been confirmed


All 15 of President Donald Trump’s (R) main Cabinet secretaries have now been confirmed, following the confirmation of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for secretary of labor on March 10, 2025. The Senate voted 67-32 to confirm Chavez-DeRemer, with 16 Democrats and 51 Republicans voting in favor of her nomination.

Among presidents serving from 2009 to the present, Trump has been the quickest to confirm all 15 Cabinet secretaries in his second presidential term. At this point in Trump’s first term, thirteen of the 15 Cabinet secretaries had been confirmed.

At this point in the Biden administration, 12 of the 15 Cabinet secretaries had been confirmed, and at this point in the Obama administration, 13 of the 15 Cabinet secretaries had been confirmed.

While not explicitly identified in the Constitution, the Cabinet secretaries are the 15 agency heads who are in the presidential line of succession. During Trump’s second term, the following offices are also Cabinet-rank positions: White House chief of staff, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. trade representative, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the director of National Intelligence, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the ambassador to the United Nations. 

The Senate has not yet voted to confirm Trump’s final Cabinet-level nominee: Elise Stefanik for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. In February, Sen. Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) commented on the timing of Stefanik’s confirmation saying, “We’re kind of taking our direction from the White House in terms of who they want to move and when. But my assumption is it probably has to do with the majority, the margin they have in the House right now.” Stefanik is a member of the U.S. House representing New York’s 21st Congressional District. As of March 12, 2025, Republicans held a 218-214 majority in the U.S. House, which would be lowered to a 217-214 majority by Stefanik’s confirmation.