President Donald Trump made the following appointments of those who will serve in an acting capacity in his administration. These appointees need no Senate confirmation and will serve until the permanent appointees are confirmed. After this list is the list of the Trump appointees who require congressional approval:
Gary Washington Secretary of Agriculture
Jeremy Pelter Secretary of Commerce
Robert Salesses Secretary of Defense
Mark Averill Secretary of the Army
Terence Emmert Secretary of the Navy
Gary Ashworth Secretary of the Air Force
Denise Carter Secretary of Education
Ingrid Kolb Secretary of Energy
Dorothy Fink Secretary of Health and Human Services
Benjamine Huffman Secretary of Homeland Security
Matthew Ammon Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Walter Cruickshank Secretary of the Interior
James McHenry Attorney General
Vincent Micone Secretary of Labor
Lisa Kenna Secretary of State
David Lebryk Secretary of the Treasury
Judith Kaleta Secretary of Transportation
Todd Hunter Secretary of Veterans Affairs
James Payne Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Everett Woodel Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Matthew Vaeth Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Stacey Dixon Director of National Intelligence
Juan Millan United States Trade Representative
Thomas Sylvester, Jr. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Charles Ezell Director of the Office of Personnel Management
Stephen Ehikian Administrator of General Services
Michelle King Commissioner of Social Security
Brian Driscoll Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jason Gray Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
Janet Petro Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Caleb Vitello Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The permanent positions are:
To the Senate of the United States, I nominate
Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
Douglas Burgum, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor.
Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sean Duffy, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Transportation.
Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce.
Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education.
Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
Brooke Rollins, of Texas, to be Secretary of Agriculture.
Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State.
Eric Turner, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy.
Tulsi Gabbard, of Hawaii, to be Director of National Intelligence.
Jamieson Greer, of Maryland, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Elise Stefanik, of New York, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations.
Elise Stefanik, of New York, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.
Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Lee Zeldin, of New York, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.