Doug Burgum is poised to be a very busy man.
As the next Interior secretary, who is also the White House’s “energy czar” with a seat on the National Security Council, the Republican governor of North Dakota could take on an outsize role in shaping energy policy under President-elect Donald Trump.
If confirmed by the Senate, Burgum will lead the Interior Department, overseeing 500 million acres of America’s public lands, 700 million acres of underground minerals and a workforce of roughly 70,000 employees.
At the same time, Burgum is also slated to become what some have called an “energy czar” — coordinating other Cabinet secretaries to drive the White House’s energy agenda as the chair of what Trump has dubbed his new “National Energy Council.”
