They are Secretaries.
In Canada, the head is termed a Minister of that particular department. My guess is that Americans use the term " Secretary".
They are Secretaries.
The newest Cabinet department is the Department of Homeland Security, created in 2003 in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The people are known as the president's cabinet and they are the cabinet secretaries .
In the United States, the members of the presidential cabinet head various departments that deal with important factors affecting society. The most recent cabinet position to be created was the Secretary of Homeland Security, which was established by the Homeland Security Act in 2002.
There are 15 departments of the US Executive Branch, each of which has a Secretary except the Department of Justice which is headed by the US Attorney General. The departments are : Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Department of Labor Department of State Department of Transportation Department of the Treasury Department of Veterans Affairs (see related questions)
A bedstand is another term for a nightstand - a small table or cabinet, typically with drawers, placed at the head side of a bed.
President Andrew Jackson's unofficial cabinet became known as the Kitchen Cabinet. This was a term created and used by his opponents.
They do not have a term. They serve until they are no longer wanted.
One of the definitions of cabinet is: a body of advisers of a head of state. Therefore, as a body of advisers to the President of the United States, the term Cabinet is fitting. The name comes from English history and the cabinet of the king of England existed long before there was a United States.
Cabinet
The Cabinet
They serve at the pleasure of the President. He can dismiss them at any time. Cabinet members do not have term limits
Franklin Pierce is the only one who kept the same cabinet for his entire term.