From CDC to Labor Secretary: See Trump's Top Picks for Cabinet Roles

A clearer picture has emerged of who will be in the 47th US president's Cabinet, with President-elect Trump rounding up more of his top Cabinet picks on Friday evening.

All of Trump's cabinet picks must be confirmed by the Senate, with the process expected to begin in January. The confirmation process will be aided by a 53-seat Republican majority, after Republican candidates flipped four seats in this election.

The president-elect chose many of Trump's key supporters who helped him get elected.

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President-elect Donald Trump announced his picks Friday to lead the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as his choice for surgeon general. (Getty Images)

Scott Bessent – ​​Secretary of the Treasury

Scott Bessent, founder of Key Square Group, has been chosen for the coveted position of Treasury Secretary. Bessent was a key economic policy advisor and fundraiser for the Trump campaign.

“Scott is widely respected as one of the world's greatest international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists. Scott's story is the story of the American dream,” Trump said Friday.

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He has championed economic policies such as lower taxes, spending controls and deregulation that have long been the core of the Republican Party's agenda, and also supported Trump's use of tariffs in trade negotiations.

Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), listens during a meeting of the U.S. Advisory Council on Workforce Policy in the East Room of the White House in Washington , DC, June 26, 2020.

Russ Vought – Office of Management and Budget

On Friday, Trump nominated Russ Vought to head the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Vought served as OMB director during Trump's first term. He also served as OMB deputy director and acting director.

“He did a great job in this role during my first term. We removed four regulations for every new regulation, and it was a great success!” Trump wrote at Truth Social.

Vought is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 and a close ally of Trump.

Scott Turner, former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, at the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda Summit in Washington, DC, U.S., Monday, July 25, 2022. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Scott Turner-SSecretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Trump nominated Scott Turner as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Turner, president of the Center for Education Opportunity and a former professional football player, previously served as executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC).

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“Scott is an NFL veteran who, during my first term, served as the first executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC), helping to lead an unprecedented effort that transformed our country's most distressed communities,” Trump said. a statement on Friday. “These efforts, in collaboration with former HUD Secretary Ben Carson, were maximized through Scott's guidance in overseeing 16 federal agencies that implemented more than 200 policy actions promoting economic development. Under Scott's leadership, Opportunity Zones have received over $50 billion in private investment! “

Turner, a former Texas state legislator, played nine seasons in the NFL as a member of the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos.

Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer – Secretary of Labor

Trump on Friday nominated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., as labor secretary.

“I am proud to hereby nominate Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of the great state of Oregon, to serve as Secretary of Labor of the United States,” Trump wrote in an official statement. “Lori has worked tirelessly with businesses and unions to grow the American workforce and support the hard-working men and women of the United States. I look forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunities for American workers, to expand training and apprenticeships, to raise wages and improve working conditions, to bring our manufacturing jobs back. Together, we will achieve historic business and labor cooperation that will restore. the American dream for families who work.

Chavez-DeRemer was first elected to Congress in 2022, and lost re-election in a tight race against Democrat Janelle Bynum earlier this month. His candidacy was supported by the Teamsters union.

Dr. Dave Weldon – CDC Director

President-elect Trump announced former Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., as his choice as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“In addition to being a physician for 40 years and an Army veteran, Dave has been a respected conservative leader on fiscal and social issues, and served on the Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, working for accountability on HHS and CDC policy and budgeting,” Trump said in Friday evening’s announcement.

Trump said Dr. Wedlon would restore trust in the agency and transparency.

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a dual board-certified physician based in New York, and Dr. Marty Makary, a health policy expert and Johns Hopkins surgeon. (Fox News)

Dr. Marty Makary – FDA Commissioner

Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Makary is the chief of the islet transplant service at Johns Hopkins, according to the university's website, and was a Fox News medical contributor.

“The FDA has lost the trust of Americans and lost sight of its primary purpose as a regulator. The Agency needs Dr. Marty Makary, a highly respected Johns Hopkins surgical oncologist and health policy expert, to correct the course and refocus the Agency,” Trump said on Truth Social.

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“He will work under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to, among other things, properly evaluate the harmful chemicals poisoning our nation's food supply and the drugs and biological products administered to our nation's youth, so that we can finally fight the chronic childhood disease epidemic,” Trump said.

Janette Nesheiwat – General surgeon

Trump was also named Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as a general surgeon, saying she would be a “strong advocate and communicator of preventative medicine and public health.”

“I am proud to announce that Dr. Janette Nesheiwat will serve as the nation's physician as Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Nesheiwat is a dual board-certified physician with an unwavering commitment to saving and treating thousands of American lives,” he said. .

Nesheiwat is a former Fox News medical contributor.

Sebastian Gorka and Alex Wong will serve under President-elect Trump for a second term. (Getty Images; State Department)

Sebastian Gorka – Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism

Trump announced Friday that his former White House adviser, Sebastian Gorka, would serve in his new administration. Gorka will serve as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism.

Gorka, a former Trump aide, previously served as deputy assistant to the president during Trump's first term. He is also a former Fox News contributor.

“Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA movement, previously serving as Strategist to the President in the first Trump administration,” Trump said.

Alex Wong – Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior National Security Advisor

Like Gorka, Alex Wong served under Trump during his first term.

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Wong served in the State Department as Deputy Special Representative for North Korea and Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Brie Stimson and Louis Casiano Jr. of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.