Trump's efficiency department is headed by Musk and Ramaswamy

Us tech giant Elon Musk and Indian-born entrepreneur Ramaswamy will head the efficiency department set up by the new Trump administration.

President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement Tuesday that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy "will bring to my administration the elimination of government bureaucracy, the reduction of excessive regulation, the reduction of wasteful spending and the restructuring of federal agencies."

Musk, 53, is the founder of the US electric car company Tesla and the US Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX), and the owner of social media platform X.

Ramaswamy, 39, the son of Indian immigrants, is the founder of biopharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences and a candidate in the Republican primary for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Earlier in the day, Trump announced his nomination of former Texas Representative John Ratcliffe, a fierce defender of him, to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. During Trump's first term as president, Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence.

Separately, Trump announced the nomination of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a conservative staunch supporter of Israel, to be the next US ambassador to Israel, which could foreshadow the new administration's policy on the Middle East conflict.

Trump said in a statement that Huckabee "loves Israel and the Israeli people, and the Israeli people love him in return." He will work tirelessly for peace in the Middle East!"