Bill Clinton’s Cabinet
Officials who served during the 1997–2001 administration. Years show tenure in office; acting service and changes in Cabinet status are identified.
President: Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
Vice President: Al Gore (1993-2001)
Secretary of State: Strobe Talbott (acting) (1997-1997), Madeleine Albright (1997-2001)
Secretary of the Treasury: Robert Rubin (1995-1999), Lawrence Summers (1999-2001)
Secretary of Defense: William Perry (1994-1997), William Cohen (1997-2001)
Attorney General: Janet Reno (1993-2001)
Secretary of the Interior: Bruce Babbitt (1993-2001)
Secretary of Agriculture: Dan Glickman (1995-2001)
Secretary of Commerce: Mickey Kantor (1996-1997), William M. Daley (1997-2000), Norman Mineta (2000-2001)
Secretary of Labor: Cynthia A. Metzler (acting) (1997-1997), Alexis Herman (1997-2001)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Donna Shalala (1993-2001)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Dwight P. Robinson (acting) (1997-1997), Andrew Cuomo (1997-2001)
Secretary of Transportation: Federico Peña (1993-1997), Rodney Slater (1997-2001)
Secretary of Energy: Charles B. Curtis (acting) (1997-1997), Federico Peña (1997-1998), Elizabeth A. Moler (acting) (1998-1998), Bill Richardson (1998-2001)
Secretary of Education: Richard Riley (1993-2001)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Jesse Brown (1993-1997), Hershel Gober (acting) (1997-1998), Togo D. West Jr. (acting until May 1998) (1998-2000), Hershel Gober (acting) (2000-2001)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Carol Browner (1993-2001)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Franklin Raines (1996-1998), Jack Lew (acting until July 1998) (1998-2001)
Director of Central Intelligence: George Tenet (acting until 1997; Cabinet-level through 2001) (1996-2004)
United States Trade Representative: Charlene Barshefsky (acting until 1997) (1996-2001)
Ambassador to the United Nations: Madeleine Albright (1993-1997), Bill Richardson (1997-1998), A. Peter Burleigh (acting) (1998-1999), Richard Holbrooke (1999-2001)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers: Joseph Stiglitz (1995-1997), Janet Yellen (1997-1999), Martin N. Baily (1999-2001)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration: Philip Lader (1994-1997), Ginger Lew (acting) (1997-1997), Aida Álvarez (1997-2001)
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: James Lee Witt (Cabinet-level from 1996) (1993-2001)
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Barry McCaffrey (1996-2001)
Chief of Staff: Erskine Bowles (1997-1998), John Podesta (1998-2001)
