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The presidential line of succession defines who may become or act as President of the United States upon the incapacity, death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and subsequent conviction) of a sitting president or a president-elect.

Current order

This is a list of the current presidential line of succession, as specified by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 .
# Office Current Officer
1 Vice President
President of the Senate
Dick Cheney
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
3 President Pro Tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
4 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
5 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson
6 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
7 Attorney General Michael Mukasey
8 Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
9 Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (non-natural)
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (non-natural)
10 Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Roy Bernardi (acting)
11 Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters
12 Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman
13 Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
14 Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake
15 Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff††
==

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