Ministers, ambassadors, military officials… Who are the people appointed by Donald Trump?

Not yet officially in power but already in the starting blocks. Elected on November 5 as President of the United States four years after his first term, Donald Trump will be inaugurated in front of the Capitol in Washington on January 20, 2025. The billionaire is intensely preparing his arrival to power by appointing ministers, ambassadors and other officials soldiers that he would like to have with him. However, each of his choices must be validated by the Senate.

In government

Senator from Florida and former rising figure of the Republican Party, he has been close to Donald Trump for several years.

Founder and director of the investment fund Key Square Grouphe was one of the first major Wall Street figures to publicly support Trump during the Republican primaries earlier this year.

This former infantry officer is a former member of the U.S. National Guard and was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He joined Fox News in 2014 and today co-hosts the popular weekend show “Fox and Friends.”

• Secretary of the Interior: Doug Burgum

The governor of North Dakota is particularly known for having signed a law in April 2023 which bans almost all abortions in this sparsely populated state in the northern United States.

At 70, John F. Kennedy's nephew will soon take control of American health agencies. An announcement which caused a wave of panic among scientists, who are worried about his dangerous and repeated positions on the subject of vaccines or Covid-19.

• Secretary of Homeland Security: Kristi Noem

The governor of South Dakota since 2019 was one of the headliners of the “Women's Tour” organized by Donald Trump to try to make up for his popularity deficit with female voters.

• Secretary of Labor: Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Lori Chavez-Deremer, who was elected to Congress in Oregon in 2022, lost her seat in November.

A lawyer, she was director of the White House Domestic Policy Council at the end of Donald Trump's first term, before founding the America First Policy Institute think tank in 2021.

Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy, is known for his climate skeptic views and for being supported by American oil companies.

• Transportation Secretary: Sean Duffy

Father of nine children, the former congressman and supporter of fiscal responsibility also had a career in television, on Fox Business.

The boss of the investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald has been a fierce supporter and friend of Donald Trump for years.

• Education Secretary: Linda McMahon

Former boss of the American wrestling federation WWE, the 76-year-old businesswoman was between 2017 and 2019 minister in charge of small businesses during Donald Trump's first term.

• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Scott Turner

A businessman and former American Football player in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, he entered politics in 2006 by running in the by-election for California's 50th district, which he did not win.

• Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Doug Collins

Doug Collins is a former Christian pastor. He stopped this activity in 2005, and was subsequently elected to the Georgia House of Representatives.

• Attorney General, Ministry of Justice: Pam Bondi

The former attorney general of Florida is also a long-time ally of Trump, whom she supported from his first campaign in 2016.

• Deputy Attorney General: Todd Blanche

He is one of Donald Trump's personal lawyers.

• Department of Government Effectiveness: Elon Musk

The boss of Tesla, SpaceX and X, who invested more than $100 million in Donald Trump's campaign, is entering politics for the first time.

At the White House

• White House Advisor: William McGinley
• White House spokesperson: Caroline Leavitt

The 27-year-old young woman was the spokesperson for Donald Trump's campaign and will therefore become the new face of the American executive.

She is the very first to be appointed by Donald Trump. This 67-year-old American has established herself as “the most important advisor» of the Republican candidate.

• Deputy Chief of Staff: Stephen Miller
• National Security Advisor: Michael Waltz

At embassies

Elise Stefanik is known for her role as a Republican congresswoman from New York.

This fifty-year-old was acting Minister of Justice during Donald Trump's first term, a position where he was accused by Democrats of being under the thumb of the Republican billionaire.

Politics is also a (in-law) family affair: Charles Kushner is the father of Donald Trump's son-in-law and former advisor, Jared Kushner. This real estate developer spent a year in federal prison for tax embezzlement and was pardoned by Donald Trump towards the end of his first term in the White House.

• United States Ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee
• United States Ambassador to Canada: Pete Hoekstra
• Special envoy to the Middle East: Steven Witkoff

Steven Witkoff, a New York real estate developer and friend of the new president, was appointed, even though he has no diplomatic experience.

To serve the country

• Immigration control: Tom Homan
• Director of the FBI: Kash Patel

The son of Indian migrants, he held several positions of responsibility during Trump's first term, such as national security advisor and chief of staff at the Pentagon. Loyal to the Republican billionaire, he wrote a book on“Deep State”a widespread theory among the president-elect's supporters that government bureaucrats are working in the shadows against Donald Trump.

• Director of the CIA: John Ratcliffe
• Director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Lee Zeldin
• Director of National Intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard
• Budget Director: Russell Vought
• Director of the American Food and Drug Administration: Marty Makary
• Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: David Weldon
• Administrator of the federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services: Mehmet Oz

Mehmet Oz is a former star surgeon on TV sets. Invited as an expert on Oprah Winfrey's set, he then had his own show for more than ten years, “Dr. Oz Show,” which made him a celebrity. This son of Turkish immigrants even has his star on the famous “Walk of Fame” in Hollywood.

• United States Public Health Officer: Dr. Janette Nesheiwat
• United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Jay Clayton
• Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission: Brendan Carr

Brendan Carr has worked at the Federal Communications Commission since 2012, and has been one of its commissioners since 2017. He previously worked as a lawyer specializing in regulatory issues.