Since January 1, President Barack Obama (above) has appointed almost 90 former aides and associates to Senate posts and jobs within the federal government

US President Barack Obama appointed dozens of his cronies to federal posts even though he is just three days away from leaving the Oval Office.

Since January 1, the outgoing president has appointed over 100 former aides and associates to positions within the federal government, 17 of which will require Senate confirmation, according to CBS News reporter Mark Knoller.

The appointments were given to a number of individuals who now have positions in federally run agencies and advisory boards, including the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, and the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

Obama on Tuesday named Susan Rice, his national security adviser, and longtime aide Valerie Jarrett to the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center told Daily Mail Online that Rice and Jarrett were given ceremonial titles and that they will not be paid.

Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, was given a position on the US Holocaust Memorial Council.

On Monday, Obama announced Todd Phillip Haskell's appointment to the position of ambassador to Congo, according to the White House.

Obama also named Jason E. Kearns as a member of the US International Trade Commission.

Susan Rice (left), Obama's national security adviser, was named to the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center, and Ben Rhodes (right), her deputy, was given a position on the US Holocaust Memorial Council

Both appointments will require Senate confirmation.

Sarah Hurwitz, a speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama, and Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, a White House official, were appointed members of the US Holocaust Memorial Council, according to the New York Post.

Avril Haines, Obama's deputy national security advisor, was given membership of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.

Since January 1, Obama has appointed over 100 former aides and associates to jobs within the federal government, according to CBS News reporter Mark Knoller

Knoller also reported that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would be named a member of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition

Christy Goldfuss, who heads the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and DJ Patil, the chief data scientists of the US Office of Science and Technology Policy, were both named to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

Knoller also reported Tuesday that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would be named a member of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.

Those named to the council are also not paid for their membership.

Obama is seen giving Abdul-Jabbar the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on November 22

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan (left), a White House official, and Sarah Hurwitz (right), Michelle Obama's speechwriter, were appointed members of the US Holocaust Memorial Council

OBAMA AIDES' NEW POSTS Valerie Jarrett, Senior Adviser - Board of Trustees at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Susan Rice, National Security Adviser - Board of Trustees at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser - US Holocaust Memorial Council Todd Haskell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State - Ambassador to Congo Sarah Hurwitz, Speechwriter for Michelle Obama - US Holocaust Memorial Council Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, White House official - US Holocaust Memorial Council Avril Haines, Deputy National Security Adviser - National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service Advertisement

Last month, Obama made two appointments to the US Commission on Civil Rights, an eight-person federal panel, including one appointee who was blocked by the Senate from being named to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, according to The Daily Caller.

The appointments will prevent President-elect Donald Trump from naming anyone to the panel until 2020, the year he is up for re-election.

The president has the authority to appoint four of the eight members of the commission, while two are named by the president pro tempore of the Senate and two by the speaker of the House.

In late November, Congressional Republicans warned Obama against naming political appointees into career-service government jobs, according to The Washington Times.

Republicans have accused Democrats of working to enable political appointees to 'burrow in' to career positions within the federal bureaucracy just as the incoming Trump administration prepares to fill 4,000 positions.