1. Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) czar, Richard Holbrooke
2. AIDS czar, Jeffrey Crowley
3. Auto recovery czar, Ed Montgomery
4. Behavioral science czar,
5. Bailout czar, Herbert Allison Jr.,
6. Border czar, Alan Bersin
7. Car czar, Ron Bloom
8. Climate change czar, Todd Stern
9. Copyright czar, not appointed yet
10. Counterterrorism czar, John Brennan
11. Cybersecurity czar, position will be vacant on August 21st [upon the departure of Melissa Hathaway]
12. Disinformation czar, [This is a new media buzz since our earlier list, a response by pundits to the White House request for informants: see Glenn Beck and Lew Rockwell]
13. Domestic violence czar, Lynn Rosenthal
14. Drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske
15. Economic czar, Larry Summers
16. Economic czar number two, Paul Volcker
17. Education czar, Arne Duncan
18. Energy czar, Carol Browner [Socialist International and member of Sustainable World Society]
19. Food czar, Michael Taylor [a former Monsanto executive,]
20. Government performance czar, Jeffrey Zients
21. Great Lakes czar, Cameron Davis
22. Green jobs czar, Van Jones [Has crimial record and has a communist background]
23. Guantanamo closure czar, Daniel Fried
24. Health czar, Nancy-Ann DeParle
25. Infotech czar, Vivek Kundra ( has crimial record)
26. Intelligence czar, Dennis Blair
27. Latin-American czar, Arturo Valenzuela (nominee)
28. Mideast peace czar, George Mitchell
29. Mideast policy czar, Dennis Ross
30. Pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg
31. Regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein [Married to Samantha Power, an Obama foreign policy advisor. Friend of Peter Singer.]
32. Religion czar, Joshua DuBois
33. Safe schools czar, Kevin Jennings
34. Science czar, John Holdren
35. Stimulus oversight czar, Earl Devaney
36. Sudan czar, J. Scott Gration
37. TARP czar, Elizabeth Warren
38. Technology czar, Aneesh Chopra
39. Trade czar, Ron Kirk
40. Urban affairs czar, Adolfo Carrion
41. War czar, Douglas Lute
42. Water czar, David J. Hayes
43. Weapons czar, Ashton Carter
44. Weapons of mass destruction czar, Gary Samore
Positions being planned:
1. Income redistribution czar:
2. Land-use czar:
3. Mortgage czar,
4. Radio-internet fairness czar <<JUST NAMED: Mark Lloyd Read
5. Student loan czar, to oversee a program of mandatory service in return for college money (source)
6. Voter list czar:
7. Zoning czar:
Obama has moved swiftly to concentrate power in the White House, bypassing the review of our elected representatives in Congress in most of the posts listed above. Even though cabinet positions are part of the executive branch, the cabinet secretaries must be approved by Congress, they are funded by Congress, and they can be called before Congress to testify. Most of these czars, on the other hand, are appointed by Obama at his sole discretion, and are answerable only to him. If subpoenaed by Congress, they can claim executive privilege.