Washington – With the rapid approach of the inauguration of the 46th president of the nation, President-elect Joe Biden he has spent the weeks following the election preparing to take the helm of the federal government.
In addition to deploying goals to fight the coronavirus pandemic in his first 100 days in office, the president-elect has begun to hold key positions in his administration, appointing candidates who, if confirmed, will occupy his cabinet and appoint senior officials to his White House.
So far, Mr. Biden has announced or is expected to reveal more than a dozen candidates for key positions across the federal government, first deploying his options to be part of his national security and foreign policy teams, followed of those who will assist executive of their economic and health agendas. However, there are several crucial positions that remain unfilled, including who will serve as attorney general.
Biden has praised his cabinet as one of the “first,” with nine of his candidates willing to break down barriers if they are confirmed by the Senate.
“At the end of this process, this cabinet will be the most representative of any cabinet in American history,” Biden said Wednesday. “We will have more people of color than any cabinet ever. We will have more women than any cabinet ever. We will have a puzzle cabinet. A scoop cabinet.”
Here are the people whom Mr. Biden has taken advantage of to occupy the first places of his administration:
Cabinet
Vice President: Kamala Harris
White House Chief of Staff: Ron Klain
Agriculture: Tom Vilsack
Defense: Retired General Lloyd Austin
Energy: Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm
Health and human services: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
National Security: Alejandro Mayorkas
Housing and urbanization: Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, of Ohio
Interior: Deb Haaland
State: Tony Blinken
Transport: Pete Buttigieg
treasury: Janet Yellen
Veterans Affairs: Denis McDonough
Cabinet level
Council of Economic Advisers: Cecilia Rouse
Office of Management and Budget: Neera Tanden
Director of National Intelligence: April Haines
US Trade Representative: Katherine Tai
United States Ambassador to the United Nations: Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Environmental protection Agency: Michael Regan
Unfilled
Trade
Education
Department of Justice
Work
CIA
Small business administration