cabinet members
Department heads collectively
Cabinet members are the heads of major government departments who advise and report to a nation's leader.
In the United States, cabinet members lead agencies like the Department of Defense or Treasury and are appointed by the president with Senate confirmation.
The term extends to similar advisory bodies in other governments and organizations.
The president met with cabinet members to discuss the economic crisis.
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- governorsState or provincial leaders
- appointeePerson named to position
- confirmation hearingSenate review of appointee
- ministerReligious leader or serve
policymakers · regulator · parliamentarians · reshuffle · chancellor · attorney general · national security advisor · inner circle · behind closed doors · officials · commissioner · executive branch · diplomat · department head · political appointee · statesmen · advisor · aides
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
- political figurespolitician, president, presidents, vice president, vice presidents
- California governmentstate constitution, legislature, executive branch, judicial branch, governor
- council officialscouncillors, councilors, mayors, deputy mayors, town clerks
- Eisenhower EraDwight Eisenhower, Ike, Richard Nixon, Nixon, farewell address
- executive officechief of staff, deputy, aide, advisor, executive assistant
cabinet memberselected representatives
Chosen holders of public office
congresspeople · legislators · congressmen · senators · judges
cabinet memberscivil servants
Government agency employees
government employees · bureaucrats · clerks · interns · government clerks
cabinet membersordinary citizens
the public · constituents · voters · taxpayers · civilians