page_title: United States Cabinet
section_title: Cabinet
hierarchical_section_title: United States Cabinet / Current cabinet members / Cabinet
caption_attribution_description: English: William Barr Attorney General William Pelham Barr was sworn in as Attorney General on February 14, 2019.
context_page_description: The United States Cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first American President, who appointed a Cabinet of four people to advise and assist him in his duties.
  Cabinet officers are nominated by the President and then presented to the United States Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority. If approved, they are sworn in and begin their duties. Aside from the Attorney General, and previously, the Postmaster General, they all receive the title Secretary.
context_section_description: The Cabinet officers are listed in rank order according to the United States presidential line of succession:
caption: William P. Barr
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