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On January 21, 2009, Chu was sworn in as Secretary of Energy in the Barack Obama administration. Chu is the first person appointed to the Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize. He is also the second Chinese American to be a member of the Cabinet after Elaine Chao. [173]
Pages in category "Obama administration cabinet members" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Obama administration cabinet members (3 C, 77 P) Recess appointments during the Obama administration (4 P) Pages in category "Obama administration personnel"
The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the current secretary of health and human services, having held the position since February 13, 2025. [2] The office was formerly known as the secretary of health, education, and welfare.
The Cabinet of the United States is the principal official advisory body to the president of the United States. The Cabinet generally meets with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet.
Merrick Garland, Biden’s pick for attorney general, is amongst some of the wealthiest cabinet members, with a net worth estimated to be between $7.6 million and $25 million, according to a ...
Obama has no choice but to stay in the political fray “It doesn’t seem like too much to ask for Obama to clock in more than for a couple weeks every two years — especially given the parlous ...
United States presidents typically fill their Cabinets and other appointive positions with people from their own political party.The first Cabinet formed by the first president, George Washington, included some of Washington's political opponents, but later presidents adopted the practice of filling their Cabinets with members of the president's party.