****Here are some of the possible executive branch appointments being touted for Team Trump in the city of revolving doors.****

NEWT GINGRICH - SECRETARY OF STATE

The combative conservative, an early Trump supporter who made it on to the shortlist of running mates, has been tipped as America's top diplomat. As Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1994,

CHRIS CHRISTIE - COMMERCE SECRETARY

After his own Republican presidential campaign foundered this year, the New Jersey governor promptly endorsed Trump. Christie, 54, currently overseeing Trump's White House transition, has been mentioned for various posts in the administration, including commerce secretary.

Gingrich masterminded the Republican wave election that won control of the chamber from Democrats. The 73-year-old former Georgia legislator quit the speakership because of ethics violations. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2011.

RUDY GIULIANI - ATTORNEY GENERAL

One of Trump's most ardent surrogates, Giuliani is being mentioned for the post of America's top prosecutor. As New York Mayor during 9/11, he became the face of the city's resilience amid the rubble of the World Trade Center. He also introduced NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy, which critics said was a form of racial profiling. Giuliani, a former New York prosecutor, ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.

REINCE PRIEBUS-CHIEF OF STAFF

The boyish Priebus, 44, is being widely tipped as Trump's White House consigliere. As chairman of the Republican National Committee, he was a bridge between the Republican nominee and a party establishment that was embarrassed by its own

presidential standard-bearer. Priebus is close to House Speaker Paul Ryan, a fellow Wisconsinite, who could be instrumental in steering the new administration's legislative agenda.

JEFF SESSIONS - DEFENCE SECRETARY

The US senator from Alabama is being touted as a possible Pentagon chief. At his victory bash in New York, Trump said of Sessions, "he is highly respected in Washington because he is as smart as you get". The 69-year-old was a supporter of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, which Trump recently called "a terrible and stupid thing". Sessions sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Judiciary Committee and the Budget Committee.

MICHAEL FLYNN - NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

Flynn, a retired three-star US Army lieutenant general, helped Trump connect with veterans despite the candidate's lack of military service. He claims he was forced out of his role as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012-14 because of his views on radical Islam. During the campaign, he pilloried the Obama administration's approach to the threat posed by the Islamic State group.

STEVEN MNUCHIN - TREASURY SECRETARY

Trump himself has named his finance chairman for the post of Treasury Secretary. But it's unclear

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policy to a consummate Wall Street insider. Mnuchin amassed a fortune during his 17 years at Goldman Sachs, before founding a movie production company that was behind such box office hits as the X-Men franchise and American Sniper.

SARAH PALIN- INTERIOR SECRETARY

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor who unsuccessfully ran as vice-president in 2008, is one of seven possibilities for Secretary of the Interior. Since leaving office, she has endorsed and campaigned for the Tea Party movement.