Presidency of Joe Biden
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| Presidency of Joe Biden January 20, 2021 – present | |
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The presidency of Joe Biden will officially begin when he is inaugurated on January 20, 2021.[1][2] When Biden assumes office as the 46th president, Kamala Harris will be concurrently sworn in as the 49th vice president.[3][4]
2020 presidential election
Biden announced that he would run for president in April 2019, via a video and following two unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008.[5]
On November 7, four days after Election Day, Biden was projected to have defeated the incumbent president Donald Trump, becoming president-elect of the United States.[6] Shortly afterwards, the Trump campaign launched several lawsuits against the results in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada and Michigan, raising unsubstantiated and disproven claims of voter fraud.[7][8]
Transition period and inauguration
Two days after becoming the projected winner, Biden announced the formation of a task force, co-chaired by former surgeon general Vivek Murthy, former FDA commissioner David Kessler and Yale University's Marcella Nunez-Smith, to advise him on the COVID-19 pandemic during the transition.[9]
On November 11, 2020, Biden chose Ron Klain (who was Biden's chief of staff during his vice-presidency) to be his White House chief of staff.[10]
On November 17, 2020 Biden announced that he had selected Mike Donilon as senior advisor and Steve Riccheti as counselor.[11] Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, who had served as campaign manager for Biden's successful presidential campaign, was named as deputy chief of staff.[12]
President-elect Biden planned to announce his first nominees to the Cabinet before Thanksgiving 2020.[13] On November 22, 2020 several news outlets reported that Biden had selected Antony Blinken to be Secretary of State, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the United Nations, and Jake Sullivan as national security advisor.[14][15]
On November 23, 2020, Biden picked John Kerry to be his climate czar,[16] Alejandro Mayorkas to be Secretary of Homeland Security and Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence.[17]
See also
References
- ^ Martin, Jonathan; Burns, Alexander (November 7, 2020). "Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "When is inauguration day 2021?: Here's when president-elect Joe Biden will take office". pennlive. November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ Heath, Ryan; Meyer, Theodoric. "How to swear in a pandemic president". POLITICO. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ Zhou, Li (November 6, 2020). "Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman to become vice president". Vox. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ Cohn, Nate (July 16, 2020). "One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ "Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US". Associated Press. November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ Voreacos, David; Stohr, Greg; Niquette, Mark (November 9, 2020). "Trump's Legal Blitz Isn't Contesting Enough Votes to Win". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "US election 2020: What legal challenges is Trump planning?". BBC News. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ CNN, Sarah Mucha and Eric Bradner. "Biden transition team announces coronavirus advisers, including whistleblower Rick Bright". CNN. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Shear, Michael D.; Glueck, Katie; Haberman, Maggie; Kaplan, Thomas (November 12, 2020). "Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Sullivan, Sean (November 17, 2020). "Biden builds White House team and tries to show dangers of Trump's intransigence". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lerer, Lisa (November 17, 2020). "Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, Biden's Campaign Manager, Will Tackle Another Difficult Job". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jaffe, Alexandra (November 20, 2020). "Biden Could Announce Cabinet Picks as Soon as Next Week". US News & World Report LP. US News & World Report. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Jakes, Lara (November 22, 2020). "Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State". The New York Times Co. The New York Times. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Linskey, Annie (November 22, 2020). "Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.N. ambassador". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Biden picks John Kerry as climate czar, Alejandro Mayorkas for Homeland Security". NBC News. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ Crowley, Michael (November 23, 2020). "Biden Will Nominate First Woman to Lead Intelligence, First Latino to Run Homeland Security". The New York Times Co. The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
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