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Cabinet Officers in the Carter Administration

Secretary of State
Jan. 23, 1977-Apr. 20, 1980 - Cyrus R. Vance
May 8, 1980-Jan. 20, 1981 - Edmund S. Muskie

Secretary of the Treasury
Jan. 23, 1977-Jul. 19, 1979 - W. Michael Blumenthal
Aug. 6, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 - G. William Miller

Secretary of Defense
Jan. 21, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 - Harold Brown

Attorney General
Jan. 26, 1977-Jul. 19, 1979 - Griffin B. Bell
Aug. 16, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 - Benjamin R. Civiletti

Secretary of the Interior
Jan. 23, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 - Cecil D. Andrus

Secretary of Agriculture
Jan. 23, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 - Bob S. Bergland

Secretary of Commerce
Jan. 23, 1977-Oct. 4, 1979 - Juanita Morris Kreps
Jan. 9, 1980-Jan. 20, 1981 - Philip M. Klutznick

Secretary of Labor
Jan. 27, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 - Ray Marshall

Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Jan. 25, 1977-Jul 19, 1979 - Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

Secretary of Health and Human Services
Aug. 3, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 - Patricia Roberts Harris

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Jan. 23, 1977-Aug. 3, 1979 - Patricia Roberts Harris
Sep. 24, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 - Moon Landrieu

Secretary of Transportation
Jan. 23, 1977-Jul. 20, 1979 - Brock Adams
Sep. 24, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 - Neil Goldschmidt

Secretary of Energy
Aug. 5, 1977-Jul. 20, 1979 - James R. Schlesinger
Aug. 24, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 - Charles W. Duncan, Jr.

Secretary of Education
Dec. 6, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 - Shirley Mount Hufstedler

U. S. Representative to the United Nations
Jan. 30, 1977-Aug. 15, 1979 - Andrew J. Young
Sep. 23, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 - Donald F. McHenry

Director, Office of Management and Budget
Jan. 23, 1977-Sep 21, 1977 - Thomas Bertram (“Bert”) Lance
Mar. 24, 1978-Jan.20, 1981 - James T. McIntyre, Jr.

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Jan. 23, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 - Charles L. Schultze

Advisor to the President on National Security Affairs
Jan. 23, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 - Zbigniew Brzezinski