This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who voiced their endorsement for the office of the president of Donald Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Former U.S. federal government Vice presidents Dick Cheney, 46th vice president of the United States (2001–2009) Dan Quayle, 44th vice president of the United States (1989–1993)
Federal cabinet-level officials John Ashcroft, 79th United States attorney general (2001–05) William Bennett, 3rd United States Secretary of Education (1985–88) John Rusling Block, 21st United States Secretary of Agriculture (1981–86) John R. Bolton, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2005–06) Elaine Chao, 24th United States Secretary of Labor (2001–09) Edwin Meese, 75th United States attorney general (1985–88) Jim Nicholson, 5th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2005–07) Gale Norton, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior (2001–06) Anthony Principi, 4th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001–05) Donald Rumsfeld, 13th and 21st United States Secretary of Defense (1975–77, 2001–06) John W. Snow, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (2003–06) Tommy Thompson, 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (2001–05) James G. Watt, 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior (1981–83)
Federal departmental officials
Liz Cheney, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs and head of the Middle East Partnership Initiative; daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney Charles F. Conner, former United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture (2005–09)
William G. Boykin, ret. 3-star general, deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (2002–07) Chapman B. Cox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (1983–84) Michael Flynn, ret. 3-star general, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (2012–14) (Democratic) Jeffrey D. Gordon, Pentagon spokesman (2005–09) J. William Middendorf, United States Secretary of the Navy (1974–77) Joseph E. Schmitz, Inspector General (2002–05) Herbert R. Temple Jr., Chief of the National Guard Bureau (1986–90) William Winkenwerder Jr., former United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (2001–07)
William Flynn Martin, United States Deputy Secretary of Energy (1986–88)
Don M. Newman, United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (1985–89)
Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (2003–05)
Peter Ferrara, former associate deputy attorney general (1991–93)
Independent agencies and commissions Gary Berntsen, officer of the Directorate of Operations (1982–2005) Vernon L. Grose, former member of the National Transportation Safety Board Dorcas Hardy, commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1986–89) Kay Coles James, former director of United States Office of Personnel Management (2001–05) Edmund C. Moy, director of the United States Mint (2006–11) Daniel Oliver, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (1986–90) Linda M. Springer, director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (2005–08) R. James Woolsey Jr., director of Central Intelligence (1993–95) (Democratic)
U.S. ambassadors Charles L. Glazer, El Salvador (2007–09) G. Philip Hughes, Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1990–93) Douglas Kmiec, Malta (2009–11) John D. Ong, Norway (2002–05) Francis Rooney, Holy See (2005–08) Faith Whittlesey, Switzerland (1981–83, 1985–88)
Other White House staff Pat Buchanan, White House Communications Director (1985–87) T. Kenneth Cribb Jr., director of the Domestic Policy Council (1987) Michael Johns, co-founder and national leader of the U.S. Tea Party movement and former White House speechwriter Jeff Lord, White House associate political director (1987–88)
U.S. Congress
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
U.S. state officials
State and territorial governors
State executive officials
State legislators
Arizona state senators: Lori Klein, Thayer Verschoor, California state senator: Tony Strickland California state assemblymen: Martin Garrick Colorado state legislators: Rep. B.J. Nikkel (Colorado co-chairman and Colorado Women For Trump Coalition director), Senator Greg Brophy (Colorado Co-chairman) Florida state commissioner: Louis E. Sola Idaho state representative: Phil Hart Iowa state senators: Kitty Rehberg, Sandy Greiner Iowa state representatives: Teresa Garman, Annette Sweeney, Dave Tjepkes, Kenneth Veenstra, Ralph Watts, Betty De Boef Louisiana state senator: Troy Hebert (Independent) Michigan state senators: Randy Richardville, Michigan state representatives: Rick Johnson, Andrew Richner Ohio state representatives: Matt Huffman South Carolina state senator: Jake Knotts Texas state representatives: Martha Wong, Wayne Christian Virginia state senators: Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, Jeff McWaters
U.S. municipal officials
Mayors and county executives
Dewey F. Bartlett Jr., 39th mayor of Tulsa Mary Hawkins Butler, mayor of Madison, Mississippi Gabriel Campana, mayor of Williamsport, Pennsylvania Lenny Curry, mayor of Jacksonville Ed Mangano, 8th Nassau County executive Jean Stothert, 51st mayor of Omaha
Greg Edwards, 5th Chautauqua County executive (2006–13) Charles Evers, mayor of Fayette, Mississippi (1969–81, 1985–89) Drew Ferguson, mayor of West Point, Georgia, 2016 Republican nominee for Georgia's 3rd congressional district Rudy Giuliani, 107th mayor of New York City (1994–2001) Tom Leppert, 60th mayor of Dallas, Texas (2007–11) Rick Mystrom, mayor of Anchorage (1994–2000)
Municipal executive officials
Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County Rob Astorino, Westchester County Executive, 2014 Republican nominee for Governor of New York Paul Babeu, sheriff of Pinal County David A. Clarke Jr., sheriff of Milwaukee County James M. Cummings, sheriff of Barnstable County Ed Day, Rockland County executive Greg Hartmann, member of the three-member board of commissioners in Hamilton County, Ohio Chuck Jenkins, sheriff of Frederick County Peggy Littleton, El Paso County commissioner Dick Monteith, chairman of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors Michelle Park Steel, member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors Carolyn Bunny Welsh, Chester County sheriff
Municipal legislators
Joseph Borelli, council member for the 51st District in the New York City Council, minority whip
Vincent M. Ignizio, council member for the 51st District in the New York City Council Andrew Stein, 22nd borough president of Manhattan (1978–85) and New York City Council president (1986–94) (Democratic)
Retired U.S. military personnel
Retired U.S. Air Force personnel
Retired U.S. Army personnel
Retired U.S. Coast Guard personnel
Retired U.S. Marine Corps personnel
Retired U.S. Navy personnel
International political figures Heads of state and government
Current Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia (1985–2023), president of the Cambodian People's Party (2015–present) Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus (1994–present), Chairman of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly (2024–present), chairman of the Supreme State Council of the Union State (2000–present), and member of the Supreme Council of Belarus (1991–1994) (Independent) Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe (1987–2017), prime minister of Zimbabwe (1980–1987), president of ZANU–PF (1980–2017) Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary (1998–2002, 2010–present), president of Fidesz (1993–2000, 2003–present) Miloš Zeman, 3rd president of the Czech Republic (2013–2023), member of the Party of Civic Rights (2009–present), former leader of the Social Democratic Party (1993–2001)
Former Tony Abbott, former prime minister of Australia (2013–2015) and former leader of the Liberal Party (2009–2015) Edgar Savisaar, former acting prime minister of Estonia (1990–92) and leader of the center-left Estonian Centre Party (1991–2016)
Other executive officials Petr Bendl, former Minister of Agriculture (2011–2013) and former Minister of Transport (Civic Democratic Party) Guillermo Moreno, Secretary of Domestic Trade of Argentina (2006–2013) (Principles and Values) Andrew Peacock, former Australian Minister for Industry and Commerce (1982–1983), former Minister for Industrial Relations (1980–1981), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (1975–1980), former Minister for the Environment (1975), former Minister for External Territories (1972), former Minister for Defence and Minister for the Army (1969–1971) and former leader of the Liberal Party (1983–1985, 1989–1990) David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces Vojislav Šešelj, former deputy prime minister (1998–2000) and founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party (1991–present) Cyril Svoboda, former deputy prime minister (2002–2004) and former leader of the KDU-ČSL (2001–2003, 2009–2010) Subramanian Swamy, former Minister of Commerce and Industry (1990–91) (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Members of national and supranational parliaments
Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician, Flemish MP and member of the Flemish nationalist Vlaams Belang party
Ben Lobb, Canadian politician, MP and member of the Conservative Party of Canada
Kenneth Kristensen Berth, Danish politician, MP, and member of the national conservative Danish People's Party
Ilias Panagiotaros, Greek politician, MP, and member of the far-right Golden Dawn party
Oren Hazan, Israeli politician, MK, and member of Likud
Mike Sonko, Kenyan politician, senator and member of The National Alliance
Ulf Leirstein, Norwegian politician, MP, and member of the conservative-liberal Progress Party
Richard Sulík, Slovak politician, MEÞ, and leader of the libertarian Freedom and Solidarity
Regional ministers, legislators, and party leaders
Pauline Hanson, Australian politician, senator, and leader of the One Nation Party (1997–2002, 2014–present)
Andrey Rostenko, Russian politician, mayor of Yalta, Crimea
Tomáš Hudeček, Czech politician, MP, and member of the ČSSD
Tomio Okamura, Czech politician and former Mayor of Prague
Mart Helme, Estonian politician, MP, former ambassador to Russia (1995–99), and chairman of the national conservative Conservative People's Party of Estonia (2013–)
Frauke Petry, German politician and leader of the Alternative for Germany
Hamid Chabat, Moroccan politician, MP, mayor of Fez, Secretary-General of the conservative Istiqlal Party (2012–2017)
Geert Wilders, Dutch politician, MP, leader of the Freedom Party
Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish politician, MEP, and leader of Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic–Liberty and Hope
Jimmie Åkesson, Swedish politician, MP, and leader of the Sweden Democrats
Andrej Šiško, leader of the Movement of United Slovenia
Nigel Farage, British politician, MEP and leader of the UK Independence Party
Former regional ministers, legislators, and party leaders
Morten Uhrskov Jensen, Danish politician, leader of Danish Unity
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician, MEP, founder and former leader of the nationalist Front National (1972–2011)
Aryeh Eldad, Israeli politician, former MK, member of Otzma Yehudit
Carl I. Hagen, Norwegian politician, former MP, former vice president of the Storting, and former leader of the conservative-liberal Progress Party (1978–2006)
Sergey Markov, former member of the Russian State Duma (2006–2008), member of United Russia, president of the Institute of Political Studies
Notable individuals
Commentators, writers, filmmakers, and columnists
Conrad Black, Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher, author and member of the House of Lords