Topic summary
Cabinet of Barack Obama
- First 100 days
- Recovery Act
- Trips
- Russia nuclear treaty
- Nobel Peace Prize
- Affordable Care Act
- Dodd–Frank
- Iraq withdrawal
- Killing of Osama bin Laden
- 2011 debt-ceiling crisis
- Libya intervention
- Afghanistan withdrawal
- Benghazi attack
- 2013 debt-ceiling crisis
- Anti-ISIL campaign
- Tan suit controversy
- Iran nuclear deal
- Cuban thaw
- Sanctions against Russia
- Selma 50th anniversary speech
- Paris Agreement
Barack Obama assumed office as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, and his term ended on January 20, 2017. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
Before confirmation and during congressional hearings a high-level career member of an executive department heads this pre-confirmed cabinet on an acting basis. The Cabinet's creation was part of the transition of power following the 2008 presidential election.
This article documents the nomination and confirmation process for any successful or unsuccessful Cabinet nominees of the Obama administration. They are listed in order of creation of the Cabinet position (also used as the basis for the United States presidential line of succession).