Not anymore. The Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act of 1967 prohibits the president from appointing his wife or any other close family member to a job in the executive branch. The federal law was approved several years after President John F. Kennedy appointed his brother Robert attorney general after the 1960 election.
yes, the president appoints the cabinet and the senate aproves it
No
The President of the United States has the power to appoint many different offices. These include federal judges, ambassadors, cabinet officers, and military leaders.
The president shall appoint his cabinet.
The second female cabinet appointment came from President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 when he appointed Oveta Culp Hobby the Secretary of Helth, Education and Welfare. The first President to appoint a woman was Franklin Roosevelt (Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, 1933).
yes, the president appoints the cabinet and the senate aproves it
The executive appoints such, as they report to him. In the United States, this is the President.
No
The President of the United States has the power to appoint many different offices. These include federal judges, ambassadors, cabinet officers, and military leaders.
The president shall appoint his cabinet.
just the president himself
The president appoints federal judges, ambassadors, cabinet members and various "czars".
The second female cabinet appointment came from President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 when he appointed Oveta Culp Hobby the Secretary of Helth, Education and Welfare. The first President to appoint a woman was Franklin Roosevelt (Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, 1933).
Yes- they appoint a cabinet of 15 to run the 15 departments.
A cabinet position is not an official position in government -- there is no constitutional amendment or law requiring or prohibiting a cabinet. Therefore, the President of the United States may appoint or fire any member of his cabinet that he sees fit. The President may also create new cabinet positions or destroy positions at his sole discretion. The President may also choose to have no cabinet at all. In short, the President appoints a person to be in his cabinet, and that person is in.
because the president almost always needs approval from the senate.
No, a governor is the only official who can appoint a senator for his/her state.