Donald Trump names Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
The Hindu
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new Department of Government Efficiency under President-elect Donald Trump.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.
Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy "will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies," Mr. Trump said in a statement.
Mr. Trump said their work would conclude by July 4, 2026, adding that a smaller and more efficient government would be a "gift" to the country on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The appointments reward two Trump supporters from the private sector.
Mr. Musk leads electric car company Tesla, social media platform X and rocket company SpaceX, while Mr. Ramaswamy is the founder of a pharmaceutical company who ran for the Republican presidential nomination against Mr. Trump and then threw his support behind the former president after dropping out.
Mr. Musk gave millions of dollars to support Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and publicly appeared with him. Mr. Trump had said he would offer Mr. Musk, the world's richest person, a role in his administration promoting government efficiency.
The acronym of the new department — DOGE — coincides with the name of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin that Musk promotes.
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new Department of Government Efficiency under President-elect Donald Trump.