By The United States president-elect, Joe Biden on Monday announced the most senior positions in his national security team.
Biden selected Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Jake Sullivan as national security adviser, and John Kerry as special presidential envoy on climate.
Other key appointments included Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as US ambassador to the United Nations, and Alejandro Mayorkas as secretary of homeland security.
Avril Haines would reportedly be the first woman to serve in the most senior job in US intelligence, while Mr Mayorkas, who was born in Cuba, would be the first Latino head of the department of homeland security.
Biden’s decision to announce his national security team marked his first big step to fill his cabinet ahead of his inauguration in January 2021.
