The North Carolina Cabinet are heads of the executive departments of the Government of North Carolina. All cabinet secretaries are appointed by the governor.
On June 26, 1972, North Carolina Governor Robert W. Scott created the "Executive Cabinet," an advisory body consisting of the members of the North Carolina Council of State, the appointed secretaries of the state's executive departments, and miscellaneous members appointed by the governor.
The Cabinet's size decreased by two on Jan. 1, 2012, when three Cabinet-level agencies, the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, the North Carolina Department of Correction and the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, were merged to become the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
The Cabinet then expanded by two secretaries in 2015, with the creation of two new Departments: Information Technology, and Military and Veterans Affairs. Then the Cabinet increased by one in 2022, with the creation of the new Department of Adult Correction. In 2025, Governor Josh Stein announced a Cabinet of 13 members, including the directors of the Office of State Human Resources and the Office of State Budget and Management.
The current cabinet includes the following positions:
The governor's chief of staff also meets with the cabinet.