Updated Nov 25, 2019 - Politics & Policy

Every high-profile Trump administration departure

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Ryan Zinke, Jeff Sessions, John Kelly and Nikki Haley. Photos: Getty Images

The Trump administration had more first-year departures than any other president in at least 40 years — and the exits haven't stopped. Kevin McAleenan stepped down as acting Homeland Security secretary on Friday to move into the private sector.

Why it matters: The first-term revolving door of Trump's highest Cabinet officials is not normal.

1. Michael Flynn

Title: National Security Adviser
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: February 13, 2017

2. Katie Walsh

Title: White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: March 30, 2017

3. K.T. McFarland

Title: Deputy National Security Adviser
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: April 9, 2017

4. Angella Reid

Title: Chief Usher
Start date: October 4, 2011
End date: May 5, 2017

5. James Comey

Title: FBI Director
Start date: September 4, 2013
End date: May 9, 2017

6. Michael Dubke

Title: Communications director
Start date: March 6, 2017
End date: May 30, 2017

7. Walter Shaub

Title: Director of the Office of Government Ethics
Start date: January 9, 2013
End date: July 19, 2017

8. Sean Spicer

Title: Communications Director, Press Secretary
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: July 21, 2017

9. Reince Priebus

Title: White House Chief of Staff
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: July 28, 2017

10. Anthony Scaramucci

Title: Communications Director
Start date: July 21, 2017
End date: July 31, 2017

11. Steve Bannon

Title: White House Chief Strategist
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: August 18, 2017

12. Sebastian Gorka

Title: Deputy assistant to the President
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: August 25, 2017

13. Tom Price

Title: Secretary of Health and Human Services
Start date: February 10, 2017
End date: September 29, 2017

14. Omarosa Manigault Newman

Title: Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: December 13, 2017

15. Dina Powell

Title: Deputy National Security Adviser
Start date: January 18, 2017
End date: January 12, 2018

16. Andrew McCabe

Title: Deputy Director of FBI
Start date: February 1, 2016
End date: January 29, 2018

17. Rob Porter

Title: Staff Secretary
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: February 7, 2018

18. Josh Raffel

Title: Senior Communications Official
Start date: April 5, 2017
End date: February 27, 2018

19. John McEntee

Title: Personal Aide to the President
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: March 12, 2018

20. Hope Hicks

Title: Director of Strategic Communications, Communications Director
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: March 29, 2018

21. Gary Cohn

Title: Director of the National Economic Council
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: April 2, 2018

22. Rex Tillerson

Title: Secretary of State
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: March 13, 2018

23. H.R. McMaster

Title: National Security Adviser
Start date: February 20, 2017
End date: March 22, 2018

24. David Shulkin

Title: Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Start date: February 13, 2017
End date: March 28, 2018

25. Michael Anton

Title: National Security Council Spokesperson
Start date: February 8, 2017
End date: April 8, 2018

26. Tom Bossert

Title: Homeland Security Adviser
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: April 10, 2018

27. Scott Pruitt

Title: EPA Administrator
Start date: February 17, 2017
End date: July 5, 2018

28. Don McGahn

Title: White House counsel
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: October 17, 2018

29. Jeff Sessions

Title: Attorney General
Start date: February 9, 2017
End date: November 7, 2018

30. Mira Ricardel

Title: Deputy National Security Adviser
Start date: May 15, 2018
End date: November 14, 2018

31. Nikki Haley

Title: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Start date: January 24, 2017
End date: December 31, 2018

32. Nick Ayers

Title: Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Start date: July 28, 2017
End date: January 1, 2019

33. Ryan Zinke

Title: Secretary of the Interior
Start date: March 1, 2017
End date: January 2, 2019

34. John Kelly

Title: White House Chief of Staff
Start date: July 31, 2017
End date: January 2, 2019

35. James Mattis

Title: Secretary of Defense
Start date: January 20, 2017
End date: January 2, 2019

36. Raj Shah

Title: White House Deputy Press Secretary

Start date: September 12, 2017 (Previously served as deputy assistant to the president; January 2017-September 2017)
End date: January 14, 2019

37. Brock Long

Title: FEMA Administrator
Start date: June 23, 2017
End date: March 8, 2019

38. Bill Shine

Title: White House Communications Director
Start date: July 5, 2018
End date: March 8, 2019

39. Linda McMahon

Title: Head of the Small Business Administration
Start date: February 14, 2017
End date: March 29, 2019

40. Scott Gottlieb

Title: FDA Commissioner
Start date: May 11, 2017
End date: April 5, 2019

41. Kirstjen Nielsen

Title: Secretary of Homeland Security
Start date: December 6, 2017
End date: April 7, 2019

42. Lindsay Walters

Title: White House Deputy Press Secretary
Start date: January 22, 2017
End date: April 13, 2019

43. Randolph "Tex" Alles

Title: U.S. Secret Service Director
Start date: April 25, 2017
End date: May 1, 2019

44. Rod Rosenstein

Title: U.S. Deputy Attorney General
Start date: April 26, 2017
End date: May 11, 2019

45. Shahira Knight

Title: White House legislative affairs director
Start date: July 12, 2018
End date: May 21, 2019

46. Johnny DeStefano

Title: Counselor to the president
Start date: February 9, 2018
End date: May 24, 2019

47. Heather Wilson

Title: U.S. Secretary of the Air Force
Start date: May 16, 2017
End date: May 31, 2019

48. Kevin Hassett

Title: Council of Economic Advisers chair
Start date: September 12, 2017
End date: June 28, 2019

49. Patrick Shanahan

Title: Acting Defense Secretary
Start date: January 1, 2019
End date: June 24, 2019

50. Sarah Sanders

Title: Press Secretary
Start date: July 21, 2017
End date: July 1, 2019

51. Alex Acosta

Title: Labor Secretary
Start date: April 28, 2017
End date: July 19, 2019

52. Dan Coats

Title: Director of National Intelligence
Start date: March 16, 2017
End Date: August 15, 2019

53. Jason Greenblatt

Title: Special envoy for Middle East peace
Start date: December 23, 2016
End Date: Expected late September 2019

54. John Bolton

Title: National Security Adviser
Start date: April 9, 2018
End Date: September 10, 2019

55. Kevin McAleenan

Title: Acting Homeland Security Secretary
Start date: April 7, 2019
End date: November 13, 2019

56. Richard Spencer

Title: Navy Secretary
Start date: April 3, 2017
End date: November 24,2019

Editor's note: This is a running list and will continue to be updated with the latest information.

This piece was updated to correct Omarosa Manigault Newman's official title, Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison.

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