Cabinet of President John McCain (SIADD)

Cabinet members[]

Portfolio	Name	Party		Assumed office	Left office
President	John McCain		Republican Party	January 20, 2009	Incumbent
Vice President	Tim Pawlenty		Republican Party	January 20, 2009	Incumbent
United States federal executive departments
Secretary of State	Joe Lieberman		Democratic Party	January 23, 2009	February 6, 2013
Secretary of State	David Petraeus		Republican Party	February 6, 2013	Incumbent
Secretary of the Treasury	Sheila Bair		Republican Party	January 22, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Defense	Robert Gates		Republican Party	December 18, 2006	January 25, 2013
Secretary of Defense	Michael G. Vickers	Independent		January 25, 2013	Incumbent
Attorney General	Debra W. Yang		Republican Party	January 20, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of the Interior	Jon Huntsman, Jr.		Republican Party	January 20, 2009	January 23, 2013
Secretary of the Interior	Luis Fortuño		Republican Party	January 23, 2013
Secretary of Agriculture	Ben Nelson		Democratic Party	January 20, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Commerce	Mitt Romney		Republican Party	January 20, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Labor	John Engler		Republican Party	January 20, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Mike Huckabee		Republican Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Education	Lisa Graham Keegan		Republican Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Steven Preston		Republican Party	June 5, 2008	Incumbent
Secretary of Transportation	Bill Graves		Republican Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Energy	Chris Shays		Republican Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Veteran's Affairs	Chuck Hagel		Republican Party	January 20, 2009	Incumbent
Secretary of Homeland Security	Lindsey Graham		Republican Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Sherwood Boehlert		Republican Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Douglas Holtz-Eakin		Republican Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent
Ambassador to the United Nations	Michael McFaul		Democratic Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent
United States Trade Representative	Susan Schwab		Republican Party	January 21, 2009	Incumbent

Notable non-Cabinet positions[]

Appointees serve at the pleasure of the President and were nominated by John McCain except as noted. Michael Hayden

Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- John Silvia (2009–present)
Special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Zalmay Khalilzad (2009–present)
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
- Sam Nunn (2009–2013)
- Michael G. Vickers (2013–present)
Special envoy to the Middle East
- Richard Jones (2011–present)
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Robert Mueller² (2009–present)
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Michael G. Vickers (2009–2013)
- Stanley A. McChrystal (from 2013)
Director of National Intelligence
- James R. Clapper (2009–)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
- Kevin Hassett (2009–present)
Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Richard Dekaser (2009–present)
Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board
- Mark Zandi (2009–2011)
- Replaced by Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in 2011
Chairperson of the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
- Mark Zandi (2011–present)
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Retired Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré (2009–present)
White House Chief of Staff
- Mark Salter (2009–present)
White House Press Secretary
- Brooke Buchanan (2009–present)