cabinet member
Presidential advisory official
A cabinet member is a senior government official who heads an executive department and serves as an adviser to the head of state or government.
In the United States, cabinet members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, overseeing departments like Defense, Treasury, and State.
In parliamentary systems, cabinet members are typically drawn from the legislature.
The president nominated a former general as a cabinet member.
- nominatedFormally proposed for selection
- confirmation hearingSenate review of appointee
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- press secretaryOfficial media liaison
chief of staff · inner circle · policymaker · national security advisor · defense minister · portfolio · confirmed · executive branch · president · sworn in · chancellor · reshuffle · appointed · governor · attorney general · education secretary · advisor · politician
- appointed positionsambassador, judge, commissioner, director, chairman
- Federal JobsFBI agent, CIA agent, DEA agent, ATF agent, TSA agent
- membersRotarian, Jaycee, Freemason, Mason, Shriner
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- political figurespolitician, president, presidents, vice president, vice presidents
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
cabinet memberlegislator
Elected maker of laws
congressman · member of parliament · senator · lawmaker · MP
cabinet memberprivate citizen
ordinary citizen · outsider · member of the public · civilian · non-official
cabinet membercivil servant
Government administration employee
bureaucrat · clerk · intern · aide · subordinate