Biden announced a package of nominations for core positions： these candidates are ＂the first in history＂

Biden announces a package of nominations for core positions. (Source: Associated Press)

　　Overseas network December 1 ST　Biden, the "elected president" of the United States, has announced a series of nominations and appointments for core positions of the new government in recent days. On November 30th, CNN published an article saying that Biden’s personnel appointment basically realized the earlier expectations of relevant candidates and "diversity" commitment, and the article further exposed several "firsts in history" in Biden’s new team.

　　First female finance minister candidate

　　Former Federal Reserve Chairman janet yellen was formally nominated as Treasury Secretary by Biden. If this nomination is approved by the Senate, Yellen will become the first woman in the United States to serve as Treasury Secretary.

　　Yellen, 74, is a Jewish economist with a doctorate in economics from Yale University. She served as the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under former President Bill Clinton. Yellen has worked in the Federal Reserve for many years, successively serving as President of federal reserve bank of san francisco and Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve. In 2014, Yellen, who was nominated by then President Obama, became the first female chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.

　　The first African-American deputy finance minister candidate

　　Wally Adeyemo, a macroeconomist and national security adviser, was nominated as the US Deputy Treasury Secretary and is expected to become the first African-American Deputy Treasury Secretary. Ardeyeh Mo was born in Ardeyeh in 1981. He served as a senior adviser on international economy during Obama’s tenure and is currently the chairman of the Obama Foundation.

　　First Hispanic-American White House Social Secretary

　　Carlos Elizondo, the social secretary of the Biden couple, was appointed as the White House social secretary, and he is expected to become the first Hispanic White House social secretary in American history. During the Clinton administration, Elizondo served in the White House and the Office of the Director of Protocol.

　　The first female national intelligence director candidate

　　Avril Haines was nominated as the Director of National Intelligence. If the nomination is confirmed, she will become the first woman to be the director of national intelligence in the United States. Haines is currently the chairman of the National Security Council, which is responsible for formulating the government’s national security and foreign policy. She served as assistant to the president and chief deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration.

　　First Latino-American Secretary of Homeland Security

　　If approved by the Senate, Alejandro Mayorkas will become the first Latino immigrant to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. During the Obama administration, he served as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and Director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service of the Department of Homeland Security. During his tenure, he supervised the implementation of the "Deferred Repatriation Plan for Children", which is an administrative measure of the Obama administration to protect young undocumented immigrants who went to the United States as children from being deported.

　　First Chairperson of African-American Women’s Economic Advisory Committee

　　Cecilia Rouse, a labor economist, has been nominated as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and is expected to become the first African-American woman to lead this department that provides economic policy advice to the President in American history. She is currently the Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University, and is an economist specializing in education and equality. Ross was a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers during Obama’s tenure and also served on the National Economic Council of the Clinton administration.

　　The first South Asian American director of the Office of Administration and Budget.

　　Neera Tanden was nominated as the director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, and is expected to become the first colored woman and South Asian American director in the history of this department. Tenton served in the Obama administration and the Clinton administration. He was a senior adviser on health care reform in the US Department of Health and Human Services, and also served as the domestic policy director of the Obama campaign. (Overseas network Yao Kaihong)