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Official portrait, 2015

71st United States Secretary of State
Incumbent
Assumed office January 26, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Mike Pompeo
18th United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office January 9, 2015 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	William Joseph Burns
Succeeded by	John Sullivan
United States Deputy National Security Advisor
In office January 20, 2013 – January 9, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Denis McDonough
Succeeded by	Avril Haines
National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2013
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	John P. Hannah
Succeeded by	Jake Sullivan

Personal details
Born	Antony John Blinken April 16, 1962 (1962-04-16) (age 58) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Evan Ryan (m. 2002)
Relations	Donald M. Blinken (father)
Education	Harvard University (AB) Columbia University (JD)

Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American politician. Blinken is the 71st and current United States Secretary of State since January 26, 2021. He was the United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2015 to 2017 and Deputy National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2015 under President Barack Obama.

In November 2020, President-elect Joe Biden chose Blinken to be United States Secretary of State. Blinken was confirmed by the Senate on January 26, 2021, in a 78-22 confirmation vote.

He plays guitar and has two songs available on Spotify.

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

United States Secretaries of State

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