Foreign-born Individuals Who Have Held Cabinet-level Positions
The following list includes those who were born outside of the United States and have held cabinet-level positions other than the 15 executive departments. The table below is organized based on the time at which a foreign-born individual was appointed to a cabinet-level position.
- * denotes the first foreign-born head of that particular cabinet-level position
| Name | Position | Year appointed |
Birth country | Party | Administration | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kissinger, HenryHenry Kissinger* | N !National Security Advisor | 1969 | Germany | Republican | Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford |
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| Brzezinski, ZbigniewZbigniew Brzezinski | N !National Security Advisor | 1977 | Poland | Democratic | Jimmy Carter | |
| Albright, MadeleineMadeleine Albright* | A !Ambassador to the United Nations | 1993 | Czechoslovakia | Democratic | Bill Clinton | |
| Deutch, JohnJohn Deutch* | DC !Director of Central Intelligence | 1995 | Belgium | Democratic | Bill Clinton | |
| Negroponte, JohnJohn Negroponte | A !Ambassador to the United Nations | 2001 | United Kingdom | Republican | George W. Bush | |
| Khalilzad, ZalmayZalmay Khalilzad | A !Ambassador to the United Nations | 2007 | Afghanistan | Republican | George W. Bush | |
| Negroponte, JohnJohn Negroponte* | DN !Director of National Intelligence | 2007 | United Kingdom | Republican | George W. Bush |
Read more about this topic: List Of Foreign-born United States Cabinet Secretaries
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