Joe Biden made history with a new cabinet appointment

The elected president of United States, Joe biden, now appointed transport secretary Pete ButtigiegHe was the first outspoken gay member of a presidential cabinet in the country’s history, after which he felt that with this unprecedented step he was forming a government of “barrier-breakers”.

Biden, who succeeded Donald Trump on January 20, recalled that Bill Clinton had already appointed the first woman to head US diplomacy. United States (Madeleine Albright), while her Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, appointed the first African American to head the Justice Department, Eric Holder.

“But compared to all the previous ones, the team Biden/ Harris stands out for all the first times he represents, ”meditates.

“We have a cabinet of circuit breakers, a cabinet of pioneers”, exalts Biden from his stronghold of Wilmington, Delaware, where he also enjoyed the eight “unprecedented appointments” he has already made.

“And today, the ninth, the first openly homosexual candidate for the head of a department,” he added, specifying that ButtigiegAt just 38, he will also be one of the youngest secretaries in the country’s history.

“The government Biden/ Harris looks like United States“, Added the president-elect of 78 years, quoted by the news agency AFP.

Kamala Harris will become the first woman to take the vice-presidency of the world’s first power on January 20 and, if the Senate confirms it, retired General Lloyd Austin will be the first African American to lead the Pentagon.

In addition, Katherine Tai, a lawyer specializing in free trade issues, will become the first Asian American to take up the influential position of Trade Representative for United States (USTR) and Janet Yellen the first woman to head the Treasury Department.