Burgum will be Trump’s energy czar in addition to leading Interior Department

In addition to leading the Interior Department, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) will also serve as a broad energy coordinator across the federal government, President-elect Trump announced Friday.

“I am thrilled to announce that Doug Burgum, the Governor of North Dakota, will be joining my Administration as both Secretary of the Interior and, as Chairman of the newly formed, and very important, National Energy Council,” Trump said in a statement.

He said that this new council...