US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen William Burns, who served for three decades as a diplomat, to be his CIA director.
Mr Burns led the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran to reach a landmark nuclear deal in 2015. Before that he served as ambassador to Russia.
He is currently the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international think-tank.
If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first career diplomat in the post.
The president-elect, who takes office on 20 January, has asked Congress to confirm his national security team as close to his inauguration as possible.
Mr Burns retired from the US Foreign Service in 2014 after a 33-year career at the state department, serving under both Republican and Democratic presidents.
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