# Executive Branch Org Chart An ASCII-art map of the **U.S. executive branch** — the President at the top, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the fifteen Senate-confirmed executive departments with their major component agencies, the officials given Cabinet rank without running a department, and the independent agencies and commissions that sit outside the departmental structure. Leadership reflects the **Second Trump administration as of July 1, 2026**. Companion to the [[Congressional Committees Tree]] (legislative branch). Where the committee tree maps *who chairs what* in Congress, this maps *who runs what* in the executive branch — and how the agencies nest. > [!note] How to read this chart > **★** marks a seat that is a member of the Cabinet. **(acting)** marks an official serving in an acting capacity pending a Senate-confirmed successor. Department **component agencies** are shown as institutions (no individual names), since sub-agency heads turn over too often to keep current. Bracketed notes flag reorganizations and mid-term changes in progress. The fifteen departments are listed in order of **presidential succession**, which is also their order of creation. ``` U.S. EXECUTIVE BRANCH — STRUCTURE & LEADERSHIP (as of July 1, 2026) │ Second Trump administration · principals named where a seat is filled │ ★ = Cabinet member (acting) = serving pending a confirmed successor │ ■ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — Donald J. Trump (R) │ ├─◆ VICE PRESIDENT ★ — JD Vance (R) │ ├─◆ EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (EOP) │ │ The president's own staff agencies — not Senate-confirmed departments │ │ │ ├─ White House Office ................... Chief of Staff: Susie Wiles ★ │ ├─ Office of the Vice President │ ├─ Office of Management & Budget (OMB) ... Director: Russell Vought ★ │ ├─ National Security Council (NSC) │ ├─ National Economic Council (NEC) │ ├─ Domestic Policy Council (DPC) │ ├─ Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) │ ├─ Office of the U.S. Trade Rep. (USTR) .. Ambassador: Jamieson Greer ★ │ ├─ Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) │ ├─ Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) │ ├─ Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) │ └─ Dept. of Government Efficiency (DOGE) [est. by EO Jan 2025; E. Musk departed May 2025] │ ├─◆ THE 15 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS (in order of presidential succession) │ │ │ ├─ STATE ★ ................ Secretary: Marco Rubio │ │ ├─ Foreign Service · overseas missions (embassies & consulates) │ │ ├─ Regional & functional bureaus │ │ └─ [USAID largely absorbed into State, Jul 2025; remnant winding down] │ │ │ ├─ TREASURY ★ ............. Secretary: Scott Bessent │ │ ├─ Internal Revenue Service (IRS) │ │ ├─ U.S. Mint · Bureau of Engraving & Printing │ │ ├─ Bureau of the Fiscal Service │ │ ├─ Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) │ │ └─ FinCEN · OFAC (Terrorism & Financial Intelligence) │ │ │ ├─ DEFENSE ★ ............. Secretary: Pete Hegseth ["Secretary of War" secondary title, EO Sep 2025] │ │ ├─ Dept. of the Army │ │ ├─ Dept. of the Navy (incl. U.S. Marine Corps) │ │ ├─ Dept. of the Air Force (incl. U.S. Space Force) │ │ ├─ Joint Chiefs of Staff · Combatant Commands │ │ └─ Defense agencies: DIA · NSA · NGA · NRO · DARPA · DLA │ │ │ ├─ JUSTICE (DOJ) ★ ....... Attorney General: Todd Blanche (confirmed 8 Aug 2026) │ │ ├─ FBI · DEA · ATF · U.S. Marshals Service │ │ ├─ Bureau of Prisons │ │ ├─ U.S. Attorneys (94 districts) · Solicitor General │ │ └─ Divisions: Civil · Criminal · Antitrust · Civil Rights · National Security │ │ │ ├─ INTERIOR ★ ............ Secretary: Doug Burgum │ │ ├─ National Park Service · Fish & Wildlife Service │ │ ├─ Bureau of Land Management · Bureau of Reclamation │ │ ├─ U.S. Geological Survey │ │ └─ Bureau of Indian Affairs · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management │ │ │ ├─ AGRICULTURE (USDA) ★ .. Secretary: Brooke Rollins │ │ ├─ U.S. Forest Service │ │ ├─ Food & Nutrition Service (SNAP, school meals) │ │ ├─ Farm Service Agency · Natural Resources Conservation Service │ │ ├─ Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) │ │ └─ Food Safety & Inspection Service · Rural Development │ │ │ ├─ COMMERCE ★ ............ Secretary: Howard Lutnick │ │ ├─ Census Bureau · Bureau of Economic Analysis │ │ ├─ NOAA (incl. National Weather Service) │ │ ├─ Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) · NIST │ │ └─ Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) · NTIA · Intl. Trade Admin. │ │ │ ├─ LABOR ★ ............... Secretary: Keith Sonderling (acting) [L. Chavez-DeRemer resigned Apr 2026] │ │ ├─ Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) │ │ ├─ Occupational Safety & Health Admin (OSHA) │ │ ├─ Wage & Hour Division · Employment & Training Admin │ │ └─ Mine Safety & Health Admin (MSHA) · OFCCP │ │ │ ├─ HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES ★ Secretary: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. │ │ ├─ Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) │ │ ├─ Food & Drug Administration (FDA) │ │ ├─ National Institutes of Health (NIH) │ │ ├─ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) │ │ └─ Indian Health Service [ops divisions under 2025 "MAHA" reorganization] │ │ │ ├─ HOUSING & URBAN DEV (HUD) ★ Secretary: Scott Turner │ │ ├─ Federal Housing Administration (FHA) │ │ ├─ Govt. National Mortgage Assoc. (Ginnie Mae) │ │ └─ Public & Indian Housing · Community Planning & Development │ │ │ ├─ TRANSPORTATION (DOT) ★ Secretary: Sean Duffy │ │ ├─ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) │ │ ├─ Federal Highway Admin · Federal Transit Admin │ │ ├─ Federal Railroad Admin · NHTSA │ │ └─ FMCSA · PHMSA · Maritime Administration │ │ │ ├─ ENERGY (DOE) ★ ........ Secretary: Chris Wright │ │ ├─ National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) │ │ ├─ National Laboratories (17) │ │ ├─ Energy Information Administration (EIA) │ │ └─ ARPA-E · Power Marketing Administrations │ │ │ ├─ EDUCATION ★ ........... Secretary: Linda McMahon [wind-down underway; 100+ programs moved out, 2025–26] │ │ ├─ Federal Student Aid (FSA) │ │ ├─ Office for Civil Rights │ │ └─ Institute of Education Sciences │ │ │ ├─ VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) ★ Secretary: Doug Collins │ │ ├─ Veterans Health Administration │ │ ├─ Veterans Benefits Administration │ │ └─ National Cemetery Administration │ │ │ └─ HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) ★ Secretary: Markwayne Mullin [confirmed Mar 2026; replaced Kristi Noem] │ ├─ Customs & Border Protection (CBP) │ ├─ Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) │ ├─ Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) │ ├─ Transportation Security Administration (TSA) │ ├─ U.S. Secret Service · U.S. Coast Guard │ └─ FEMA · Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) │ ├─◆ CABINET-RANK OFFICIALS (not department heads; rank granted by the president) │ ├─ EPA Administrator ................. Lee Zeldin ★ │ ├─ Director of National Intelligence . Bill Pulte (acting) ★ [T. Gabbard resigned Jun 2026] │ ├─ CIA Director ...................... John Ratcliffe ★ │ ├─ SBA Administrator ................. Kelly Loeffler ★ │ └─ (also Cabinet-rank, shown under EOP above: Chief of Staff, OMB Director, USTR) │ └─◆ SELECTED INDEPENDENT AGENCIES & COMMISSIONS (outside the 15 departments; not Cabinet) ├─ Independent executive agencies: │ NASA · Social Security Admin · GSA · Office of Personnel Mgmt · NSF · SBA* ├─ Independent regulatory commissions: │ Federal Reserve · SEC · FTC · FCC · FEC · NLRB · NRC · CFTC · CPSC · EEOC · FERC └─ Government corporations: U.S. Postal Service · Amtrak · TVA · FDIC · Export-Import Bank (*SBA is an independent agency whose administrator holds Cabinet rank) ``` ## Notes Mid-term leadership changes captured above (Second Trump administration, 2026): - **Justice** — Attorney General Pam Bondi was removed on April 2, 2026; Deputy AG Todd Blanche became acting Attorney General and was **confirmed to the office 50–49 on 8 August 2026**. He is no longer acting. See [[Todd Blanche Confirmation]]. - **Homeland Security** — Kristi Noem was moved to a new "Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas" role; Markwayne Mullin (formerly R-OK senator) was confirmed 54–45 and sworn in March 24, 2026. - **Labor** — Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned April 20, 2026; Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling became acting Secretary. - **Director of National Intelligence** — Tulsi Gabbard resigned effective June 30, 2026; FHFA Director Bill Pulte was named acting DNI (announced June 2, 2026), holding both roles. Structural notes: - **Defense** — A September 2025 executive order authorized "Department of War" / "Secretary of War" as a secondary title, but only an act of Congress can legally rename the department. - **USAID** — Historically an independent agency; its surviving functions were absorbed into the State Department in July 2025, with the remnant winding down through 2026. Full abolition requires Congress. - **Education** — The department is being administratively hollowed out (roughly half its staff cut, 100+ programs transferred to other agencies across 2025–26), but only Congress can eliminate it. - **DOGE** — The "Department of Government Efficiency" was created by executive order in January 2025 as an EOP entity (a redesignation of the U.S. Digital Service), not a statutory department; Elon Musk departed in May 2025. This chart maps the executive branch's institutional skeleton — the President, the EOP, the fifteen departments and their principal component agencies, Cabinet-rank officials, and a representative slice of the independent agencies. It does **not** attempt to roster every sub-agency, bureau, office, or the 18-element intelligence community in full; those live in the dedicated hubs below. ## See also - [[Congressional Committees Tree]] · [[Federal Judiciary Tree]] — the legislative- and judicial-branch companion maps - [[Intelligence Community Tree]] — the cross-branch IC federation map - [[Presidential Line of Succession]] — the executive-continuity map (succession order + the Twenty-Fifth Amendment) - [[Federal Government Hub]] — the whole-of-government map across all three branches - [[Federal Agencies Hub]] — index of executive agencies tracked in the KB - [[Cabinet Departments Hub]] · [[Executive Office of the President Hub]] - [[Trump 2.0 Cabinet Hub]] — profiles of the current Cabinet members - [[Independent Executive Agencies Hub]] · [[Independent Regulatory Commissions Hub]] · [[Government Corporations Hub]] - [[Intelligence Community Hub]] — the full 18-element IC map - [[Armed Forces Hub]] — the military services and command structure