President-elect Donald Trump has started to name officials joining his incoming administration.
Many of the early announcements include prominent Republicans who have staunchly backed his agenda, especially in key policies such as immigration and the United States' role in the Middle East.
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Here is a look at who Trump has confirmed will be joining his administration. Cabinet-level positions will require Senate confirmation, while some other roles will not.
Requiring Senate confirmation:
Secretary of State
Marco Rubio: Although Sen. Rubio of Florida has been a vocal supporter of Trump in recent years, that wasn’t always the case. The two frequently sparred while competing for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.=
Secretary of Defense
Pete Hegseth: Hegseth has served in the Army National Guard since 2003. He served with his unit at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, volunteered to serve in Iraq and was also deployed to Afghanistan. He currently holds the rank of Major. Hegseth began working for Fox News in 2014 and is a co-host on "Fox & Friends Weekend."
Secretary of Homeland Security
Kristi Noem: South Dakota Gov. Noem, a Trump loyalist, has been outspoken about problems at the southern border, noting that the impacts are being felt in her state — hundreds of miles away. Noem will likely work with immigration hardliners Tom Homan, who will serve as Trump's 'border czar,' and Stephen Miller, the future deputy chief of staff.
Attorney General
Matt Gaetz: Gaetz currently represents Florida's 1st Congressional District. He won reelection last week for what would have been his fifth term in Congress.
In Congress, Gaetz, who serves on the House Judiciary Committee, has been critical of the Department of Justice for bringing federal charges against the former president.
Gaetz is under investigation by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee for allegations including sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.
U.N. ambassador
Rep. Elise Stefanik: Stefanik was first elected to her congressional seat in 2014 after easily winning what had been a Democratic-held district. In 2018, she became the National Republican Congressional Committee's recruitment chair, leading the party's effort to get more women to run for congressional office. She then replaced Rep. Liz Cheney as House GOP conference chair.
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Lee Zeldin: Zeldin is an attorney who previously represented New York's 1st District in the U.S. House from 2015 to 2023. From 2003 to 2007, he served in the U.S. Army. In 2007, he transitioned to the Army Reserve, where he currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
John Ratcliffe: Ratcliffe served in Trump's first administration as the Director of National Intelligence, winning Senate confirmation amid concerns that he would politicize national intelligence. From 2015 to 2020, Ratcliffe represented Texas' 4th District in the U.S. House.
Director of National Intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard: Gabbard, now a Republican and a member of Trump's transition team in his 2024 campaign, represented Hawaii's 2nd District in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2021. She is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Other White House roles:
Chief of staff
Susie Wiles: Wiles was Trump's campaign manager for 2024, overseeing a run that saw Trump take a decisive victory in both the popular vote and electoral college, including in swing states. Wiles also worked on the Trump campaign in 2016. She will become the first female White House chief of staff.
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Deputy chief of staff
Stephen Miller: Miller has long been one of Trump's top aides, providing a key voice as a policy adviser on immigration issues during Trump's first term in office. He also served as one of Trump's top speechwriters. At age 24, Miller quickly ascended through the GOP ranks as Sen. Jeff Sessions' communications director. Sessions was later named Trump's attorney general.
"Border czar"
Tom Homan: Homan is returning to a top border security role within the Trump White House after serving as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first 18 months of Trump's first term. Previously, he was in the Obama administration as the executive associate director of ICE enforcement and removal operations. He spent over three decades with ICE.
National security adviser
Rep. Mike Waltz: Waltz is a Green Beret veteran and a retired Colonel in the National Guard, who served in the U.S. armed forces for 27 years. He was elected to represent Florida's 6th District in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, where he succeeded Florida's now-governor, Ron DeSantis.
White House Counsel
William "Bill" McGinley: McGinley is an attorney who served as the White House Cabinet Secretary during Trump's first term until he resigned in July of 2019.
Department of Government Efficiency
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The two will run a new limited government efficiency project as part of his administration. It will not be a formal U.S. government agency. It will advise from outside the regular government structure, according to Trump's explanation, and "will partner with the White House and Office of Management & Budget to drive large scale structural reform."
