the number of political appointments available to the president is around 4,000.
number of political appointments available to the president?
around 4,000
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according to the united states office of government ethics, a political appointee is "any employee who is appointed by the president, the vice president, or agency head". as of 2016, there are around 4,000 political appointment positions which an incoming administration needs to review, and fill or confirm, of which about 1,200 require senate confirmation.





























these positions are published in the "united states government policy and supporting positions" (the plum book), a new edition of which is released after each united states presidential election. 





























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there are four basic categories of political appointments:
political appointments in the united states
political appointments by donald trump





























this is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the united states, donald trump.





























links to lists of announced positions from which candidates have withdrawn or appointees who have resigned or have been terminated, as well as lists of appointments to other independent agencies and of holdovers from previous administrations are below.
political appointments by donald trump