Contenders for key jobs in Donald Trump administration

Washington: New names for possible appointees to US President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet have emerged, including 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney as secretary of state, as he works to fill administration positions ahead of his inauguration on January 20.

A senior Trump official said the job of national security adviser has been offered to retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn.

Trump announced on Sunday he would hire Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff and named Stephen Bannon, former head of the conservative website Breitbart News, as his chief strategist and senior counselor.

Below are people mentioned as contenders for senior roles.

Treasury secretary

Steven Mnuchin, former Goldman Sachs Group Inc executive and Trump’s campaign finance chairman

Jeb Hensarling, US representative from Texas and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co chief executive officer

Tom Barrack, founder and chairman of Colony Capital Inc

Secretary of state

Mitt Romney, 2012 presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City

Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina

Jeff Sessions, US senator from Alabama and early Trump supporter, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee

John Bolton, former US ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush

Bob Corker, US senator from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Zalmay Khalilzad, former US ambassador to Iraq

Defence secretary

Jeff Sessions, US senator from Alabama and early Trump supporter, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee

Tom Cotton, US senator from Arkansas

Jon Kyl, former US senator from Arizona

Duncan Hunter, US representative from California and early Trump supporter, member of the House Armed Services Committee

Jim Talent, former US senator from Missouri who was on the Senate Armed Services Committee

Kelly Ayotte, outgoing US senator from New Hampshire and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee

Attorney general

Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City

Ted Cruz, US senator from Texas

Jeff Sessions, senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who takes a hard line on immigration

Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, architect of anti-immigration efforts who says he is advising Trump on immigration issues

Pam Bondi, Florida attorney general

Trey Gowdy, US representative from South Carolina who headed the House committee that investigated the 2012 attacks on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya

Henry McMaster, lieutenant governor of South Carolina

Health and human services secretary

Tom Price, US representative from Georgia who is an orthopedic surgeon

Rick Scott, Florida governor

Rich Bagger, former pharmaceutical executive and former top aide to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

Bobby Jindal, former Louisiana governor

Homeland secretary

Michael McCaul, US representative from Texas and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee

David Clarke, Milwaukee county sheriff and vocal Trump supporter

Joe Arpaio, outgoing Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff who campaigned for Trump

Environment protection agency administrator

Jeff Holmstead, energy lawyer, former EPA official during George W. Bush administration

Mike Catanzaro, energy lobbyist, former EPA official during George W. Bush administration

Robert Grady, venture capitalist, partner in private equity firm Gryphon Investors

Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas attorney general

Carol Comer, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Energy secretary

Harold Hamm, Oklahoma oil and gas mogul, chief executive of Continental Resources Inc

Kevin Cramer, US Representative from North Dakota

Robert Grady, venture capitalist, partner in private equity firm Gryphon Investors

Larry Nichols, co-founder of Devon Energy Corp

James Connaughton, chief executive of Nautilus Data Technologies and a former environmental adviser to President George W. Bush

Interior secretary

Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor, 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee

Jan Brewer, former Arizona governor

Forrest Lucas, founder of oil products company Lucas Oil

Harold Hamm, Oklahoma oil and gas mogul, chief executive of Continental Resources Inc

Robert Grady, venture capitalist, partner in private equity firm Gryphon Investors

Commerce secretary

Wilbur Ross, billionaire investor, chairman of Invesco Ltd subsidiary WL Ross & Co

Linda McMahon, former World Wrestling Entertainment executive and two-time Senate candidate

Director of national intelligence

Ronald Burgess, retired lieutenant general and former Defence Intelligence Agency chief

Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Pete Hoekstra, former US representative from Michigan

Central intelligence agency director

Pete Hoekstra, former US representative from Michigan

National security adviser

Michael Flynn, retired lieutenant general and former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, was offered the job, according to a senior Trump official.

United Nations ambassador

Kelly Ayotte, outgoing US senator from New Hampshire and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee

Richard Grenell, former spokesman for the United States at the United Nations

Peter King, US representative from New York

US Trade representative

Dan DiMicco, former chief executive of steel producer Nucor Corp

Supreme Court vacancy

The Trump transition team confirmed he would choose from the list of 21 names he drew up during his campaign, including US Senator Mike Lee of Utah, and William Pryor, a federal judge with the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals.

Labour secretary

Victoria Lipnic, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission commissioner and former Labor Department official during the George W. Bush administration.

Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants.