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- President-elect Joe Biden has appointed the first candidates to key positions in his future administration.
- According to media reports, former Federal Reserve Chief Janet Yellen will be the first woman to assume leadership of the US Treasury.
- As previously leaked, the Foreign Office will take over from Biden’s foreign policy adviser, Antony Blinken.
- The return of former Secretary of State John Kerry in the role of special envoy for the climate is a surprise.
Janet Yellen’s nomination as Treasury Secretary is not yet official, but several US media outlets have reported that it is “safe.” Yellen himself declined to comment yet.
Yellen has been at the helm of the Federal Reserve (Fed) since 2014. When her term expired in 2018, President Donald Trump did not nominate her again, but instead elected Jerome Powell, who currently heads the central bank.
Yellen represents a strong state in times of crisis.
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Yellen is considered to support the theories of economist John Maynard Keynes, according to which governments play an important role in overcoming economic crises.
Minister of Foreign Affairs defending cooperation
The Chancellor’s staff already leaked last night and has now been confirmed. Antony Blinken is an advocate for multilateral cooperation and the international nuclear deal with Iran. The 58-year-old was undersecretary of state from 2015 to 2017 and has been advising Biden for nearly 20 years: From 2009 to 2013, he was Biden’s national security adviser when he was vice president to Barack Obama. Blinken was previously the Senate Chief of Staff.
Biden wants to realign his country’s foreign policy. During the election campaign, he promised to cement relations with allies around the world and to re-incorporate the United States into international agreements. Unlike current President Donald Trump, he also wants to continue working with the World Health Organization (WHO).
John Kerry, the surprise
The return of Obama’s foreign minister is a surprise. John Kerry, 76, will undoubtedly benefit from his experience in air conditioning work. Kerry was secretary of state from 2013 to 2017.
Biden wants the United States to return to the Paris climate agreement, from which Trump emerged. He also wants the United States to take world leadership in the fight against global warming.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry becomes Biden’s envoy on the climate crisis.
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Cubans in exile as security ministers
The new Homeland Security Minister is also a clear sign of a departure from the previous immigration policy. Mayorkas, 60, was born in Cuba. Among other things, he was a prosecutor in California and was already Deputy Minister of Homeland Security in the second term of Barack Obama. The ministry plays a central role, among other things, in dealing with illegal immigration at the border with Mexico and with people who are in the country without papers.
Cuban exile Alejandro Mayorkas has already worked with Joe Biden as vice president.
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Biden nominates Jake Sullivan, 43, for the key position of national security adviser in the White House. Sullivan, a close confidant of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also served in the State Department and since 2013 as Biden’s national security adviser as vice president. The national security adviser traditionally plays an important role in the presidential leadership in shaping foreign and security policy.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a 68-year-old diplomat, will become the United States ambassador to the United Nations. She worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 35 years, most recently as Minister of Africa from 2013 to 2017. In addition, Avril Haines is said to be the first woman to lead the intelligence services (DNI) to coordinate the different intelligence agencies. Americans.
Biden had promised a government as diverse as the country.
