Presidential Actions

# President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet APPOINTMENTS

The White House
January 20, 2025

To the Senate of the United States, I nominate

Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Lester Martinez-Lopez.

Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, vice Monica M. Bertagnolli, resigned.

James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Nani A. Coloretti, resigned.

Frank Bisignano, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner of Social Security, vice Martin O’Malley, resigned.

Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Deputy Attorney General, vice Lisa O. Monaco, resigned.

Adam Boehler, of Tennessee, to be Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.

Samuel Brown, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs, vice Matthew T. Quinn.

Walter Clayton, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York for the term of four years, vice Damian Williams.

Elbridge Colby, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, vice Colin Hackett Kahl, resigned.

Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, vice Rufus Gifford, resigned.

Harmeet Dhillon, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Kristen M. Clarke, resigned.

Daniel Driscoll, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Christine Elizabeth Wormuth, resigned.

Michael Duffy, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, vice William A. LaPlante Jr., resigned.

Troy Edgar, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, vice John K. Tien, resigned.

Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, vice Adewale O. Adeyemo, resigned.

Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, vice Kathleen Holland Hicks, resigned.

David Fink, of New Hampshire, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, vice Amitabha Bose, resigned.

Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2026, vice Gary Gensler, resigned.

Darío Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, vice Geraldine Richmond, resigned.

Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice David Crane, resigned.

Jacob Helberg, of Florida, to be an Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment), vice Jose W. Fernandez, resigned.

Dudley Hoskins, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, vice Jennifer Lester Moffitt, resigned.

Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice Bill Nelson, resigned.

Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years, vice Kiran Arjandas Ahuja, resigned.

Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice Kurt Campbell, resigned.

Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, vice Alexis Taylor, resigned.

William Long, of Missouri, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the remainder of the term expiring November 12, 2027, vice Daniel I. Werfel.

Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Robert McKinnon Califf, resigned.

Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 2024, vice Lina M. Khan, term expired.

Troy Meink to be Secretary of the Air Force, vice Frank Kendall III, resigned.

Emil Michael, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, vice Heidi Shyu, resigned.

Janette Nesheiwat, of New York, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years, vice Vivek Hallegere Murthy, resigned.

James O’Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Andrea Joan Palm, resigned.

Mehmet Oz, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, resigned.

Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years, vice Christopher A. Wray, resigned.

John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy, vice Carlos Del Toro, resigned.

Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Hampton Y. Dellinger.

Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, vice Richard R. Verma, resigned.

Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States, vice Elizabeth Prelogar, resigned.

Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, vice Chris Magnus.

Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jonathan Kanter, resigned.

Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, vice Julie A. Su, resigned.

Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, vice Xochitl Torres Small, resigned.

David Weldon, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (New Position)

Brandon Williams, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, vice Jill Hruby, resigned.

Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, vice Julie A. Su, resigned.

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