Barack Obama Presidential Cabinet The following list provides the names of the Barack Obama Presidential Cabinet members and the departments in which they held the positions in which the foreign policies and the domestic policies of the nation were discussed. The Presidential Cabinet Members had to be approved by the Senate by a majority (51 votes). The Presidential Cabinet members of the executive departments of the US Government are ranked in order, according to the United States Presidential Line of SuccessionBarack Obama Presidential Cabinet Cabinet Departments and Cabinet MembersVice President: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (2009- ) Secretary of State: Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009-2013) John Kerry (2013- ) Secretary of the Treasury: Timothy F. Geithner (2009-2013) Jacob J. Lew (2013- ) Secretary of Defense: Robert M. Gates (2006-11) Leon E. Panetta (2011-2013 ) Chuck Hagel (2013- ) Attorney General: Eric H. Holder, Jr. (2009- ) Secretary of the Interior: Kenneth L. Salazar (2009-2013) Sally Jewell (2013- ) Secretary of Agriculture: Thomas J. Vilsack (2009- ) Secretary of Commerce: Gary F. Locke (2009-11) John Bryson (2011-12) Rebecca M. Blank (Acting) (2012-2013) Cameron Kerry (Acting) (2013) Penny Pritzker (2013- ) Secretary of Labor: Hilda L. Solis (2009-2013) Thomas E. Perez (2013- ) Secretary of Health and Human Services: Kathleen Sebelius (2009- ) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Shaun L.S. Donovan (2009- ) Secretary of Transportation: Ray LaHood (2009-2013) Anthony Foxx (2013- ) Secretary of Energy: Steven Chu (2009-2013) Ernest Moniz (2013-) Secretary of Education: Arne Duncan (2009- ) Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Eric K. Shinseki (2009- ) Secretary of Homeland Security: Janet A. Napolitano (2009-2013) Rand Beers (Acting) (2013- )Barack Obama Presidential Cabinet Barack Obama Presidential Cabinet The Barack Obama Presidential Cabinet article provides interesting facts and important information about the Cabinet members and departments of the 43rd President of the United States. |