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United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Taking office TBD
President	Joe Biden (elect)
Succeeding	Kirstjen Nielsen (de jure) Pete Gaynor (acting)
6th United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
In office December 23, 2013 – October 28, 2016
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Jane Holl Lute
Succeeded by	Elaine Duke
Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
In office August 12, 2009 – December 23, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Jonathan Scharfen (acting)
Succeeded by	Lori Scialabba (acting)
United States Attorney for the Central District of California
In office December 21, 1998 – April 20, 2001
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	Nora Margaret Manella
Succeeded by	Debra Wong Yang

Personal details
Born	November 24, 1959 (1959-11-24) (age 61) Havana, Cuba
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA) Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (JD)

Alejandro N. Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is a Cuban-American lawyer and politician. He was the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security from December 23, 2013 to October 31, 2016.

On November 23, 2020, President-Elect Joe Biden announced that he plans to nominate Mayorkas to be the next United States Secretary of Homeland Security.

Cabinet of President Joe Biden (2021–present)

Cabinet

Secretary of State	Blinken (2021–present)

Secretary of the Treasury	Yellen (2021–present)

Secretary of Defense	Austin (2021–present)

Attorney General	Garland*

Secretary of the Interior	Haaland*

Secretary of Agriculture	Vilsack*

Secretary of Commerce	Raimondo*

Secretary of Labor	Walsh*

Secretary of Health and Human Services	Becerra*

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Fudge*

Secretary of Transportation	Buttigieg*

Secretary of Energy	Granholm*

Secretary of Education	Cardona*

Secretary of Veterans Affairs	McDonough*

Secretary of Homeland Security	Mayorkas*

Cabinet-level

Vice President	Kamala Harris (2021–present)

White House Chief of Staff	Klain (2021–present)

Trade Representative	Tai*

Director of National Intelligence	Haines (2021–present)

Ambassador to the United Nations	Thomas-Greenfield*

Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Rouse*

Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Tanden*

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Regan*

Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Guzman*

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate	Kerry (2021–present)

Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Lander*

Executive Cabinet

National Security Advisor	Sullivan (2021–present)

White House Press Secretary	Psaki (2021–present)

White House Communications Director	Bedingfield (2021–present)

Director of the National Economic Council	Deese (2021–present)

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy	TBD *

Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration	TBD *

Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission	Gensler*

Solicitor General	TBD *

Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	Chopra*

Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council	Rice (2021–present)

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator	Zients (2021–present)

Chairs of the COVID-19 Advisory Board	Kessler (2021–present) Murthy (2021–present) Nunez-Smith (2021–present)

White House Climate Coordinator	McCarthy (2021–present)

Other independent offices

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation	Wray** (2017–present)

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	Burns*

Secretary of the Army	TBD *

Secretary of the Air Force	TBD *

Secretary of the Navy	TBD *

Surgeon General	Murthy*

United States Permanent Representative to NATO	TBD *

Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	TBD *

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development	Power*

Chair of the Federal Communications Commission	TBD *

Administrators of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	TBD *

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Walensky (2021–present)

Chair of the Federal Reserve	Powell** (2018–present)

President of the World Bank Group	Malpass** (2019–present)

*Pending Senate confirmation
**Kept/Stayed from the Trump administration

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