President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based energy company Liberty Energy, to serve as Secretary of Energy in a statement issued Saturday.
Trump also revealed the formation of a Council of National Energy of which he said Wright will be a member.
“I am thrilled to announce that Chris Wright will be joining my Administration as both United States Secretary of Energy, and Member of the newly formed Council of National Energy,” Trump wrote in his statement shared on Truth Social.
Wright has been a strong champion of oil and gas development, including fracking, a major part of Trump’s mission of making the U.S. “energy dominant.” The president-elect noted that Wright has a wealth of experience in the energy industry, having worked in nuclear, solar, geothermal, and oil and gas.
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