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After winning the 2024 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump’s next big move is to fill his cabinet with the right leaders who will reinforce his agenda over the next four years.

There are rumors of several candidates for each position, but the following people are the most talked about candidates for the top positions:

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Late. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who was a leading candidate on Trump’s short list for vice president, has been named to the role of secretary of state.

Rubio currently serves as vice chairman of the Select Intelligence Committee and senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee — leading various initiatives that seek to strengthen national security.

The Florida senator did not rule out taking a position in the administration during a post-election interview.

“I’m always interested in serving this country,” Rubio told CNN. “I haven’t had any regular conversations with anyone in the Trump administration. Regardless, I plan to work with them, whether it’s in the Senate, which is an important place to be, or in some other capacity.”

Late. Bill Hagerty’s, R-Tenn., name is also being tossed around as a potential Cabinet pick. Hagerty served as former ambassador to Japan under Trump and has pushed back on the foreign policy of the Biden-Harris administration.

Former Trump national security adviser Robert O’Brien is also in the running for the role, Fox News Digital has learned. Since leaving the Trump administration, he went on to found the international policy consulting firm American Global Strategies.

Minister of Defence

The battle-decorated Green Beret Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., could be tapped to lead America’s defense agency.

Waltz, formerly CEO of defense contractor Metis Solutions and the Pentagon’s defense policy director under Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates, serves on the House China Task Force, which coordinates policy on China and works to reduce U.S. dependence on Chinese minerals.

Walz serves as chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and a member of the Oversight and Accountability Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo could return to lead the defense agency after serving in Trump’s first term.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Aubrie Spady and Elizabeth Elkind