US President-elect Donald Trump. He is set to be sworn in on January 20, 2017. PHOTO | AFP

The men and women who’ll run Donald Trump government

US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to be his Agriculture secretary, rounding out his Cabinet picks.

For the first time since Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s, the Cabinet will feature no Hispanics, if all of Trump’s nominees are confirmed.

The following is a list of key Cabinet and other nominations made by Trump, who takes office on Friday.

CABINET

• State: Rex Tillerson, 64

The silver-haired president and CEO of ExxonMobil, who has never worked in government, could face a difficult confirmation battle due to his close ties to Russia’s Vladimir Putin.READ MORE

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