Do US Cabinet members have to be American?
I found no prerequisite specifying US citizenship for a US presidential cabinet member, however: “There is no explicit definition of the term “Cabinet” in either the United States Code or the Code of Federal Regulations. However, there are occasional references to “cabinet-level officers” or “secretaries”, which when viewed in context appear to refer to the heads of the “executive departments” as listed in 5 U.S.C. ยง 101. Article 5, Section 3110 of the United States Code, however, does prohibit federal officials from appointing family members to certain governmental posts, including seats on the Cabinet. Passed in 1967, the law is apparently a response to John F. Kennedy’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy to the post of Attorney General of the United States. Thus, if Hillary Clinton is elected president in 2008, Bill Clinton will be unable to serve in her cabinet.” Regarding succession: Non-natural-born citizens are ineligible to become acting president. “It has been a subject of contr
