The newest cabinet position is the Secretary of Homeland Security. The department was created in the wake of the attacks on America in 2001.
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The newest US cabinet position is the Department of Homeland Security. It was created in 2001 after 911 happened, to try and protect the US from another attack.
Washington had Secretaries of State, Treasury and War and an Attorney General, so these would be the oldest cabinet slots.
The most recently added member of the President's cabinet was Austan Goolsbee. He was the chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors.