Related News
Trump to pick Exxon CEO Tillerson as secretary of state: media
Online Edition
US President-elect Trump is expected to nominate Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, NBC News reported on Saturday, quoting two sources close to the transition process.
However, NBC reported that the unnamed sources cautioned that nothing is final till Trump officially announces the pick probably next week.
Tillerson, 64, is the Texas-based oil company's CEO since 2006 and had moved ahead of other candidates for the position of the country's top diplomat after former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, once a favorite to be the next US secretary of state, dropped out of the competition on Friday.
Meanwhile, NBC quoted one source as saying that former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton would be deputy secretary of state "for day-to-day management of the department."
Like Trump, Tillerson has no government experience and so far little is known of Tillerson's views about foreign affairs.
The Wall Street Journal quoted sources as saying that Tillerson's initial emergence as a candidate for the country's top diplomat surprised senior Exxon officials, including Tillerson himself.
But in Tillerson, a seasoned business executive, some Trump advisers saw a "mold-breaking pick who would bring an executive's experience to the diplomatic role," the Journal reported.
As Exxon's CEO, Tillerson, set to retire from the company in 2017, oversees business operations in over 50 countries and has known Russian President Vladimir Putin since 1990s when they first met.
Tillerson was awarded Russia's Order of Friendship in 2013, a state decoration to reward foreign nationals whose work is aimed at the betterment of relations with Russia.
Tillerson joined Exxon in 1975 and has spent his entire career at the company.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
