President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Dan Scavino, his longtime aide, will be leading the White House Presidential Personnel Office in addition to remaining one of six deputy chiefs of staff.
Scavino will be replacing Sergio Gor, who was recently confirmed by the Senate as the new ambassador to India. Trump said Gor “did a wonderful job” in leading the personnel office.
“Dan will be responsible for the selection and appointment of almost all positions in government, a very big and important position,” the president posted on Truth Social early Sunday. “Congratulations Dan, you will do a fantastic job!!!”
The announcement makes Scavino’s appointment official. The Washington Examiner previously reported he was expected to fill Gor’s position following confirmation by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in August.
Scavino will start his new post amid the government shutdown, which has yet to be resolved nearly two weeks after it went into effect.
Trump and Scavino have known each other since 1990, when the latter served as a golf caddie at Trump’s golf club in New York. Scavino then rose through the ranks of the Trump Organization and later the White House.
Scavino worked in Trump’s three presidential campaigns, the president’s first White House term, and his transition team following the Biden administration. Since January, he has served as one of Trump’s deputy chiefs of staff. Scavino remains one of Trump’s most loyal aides.
Their decadeslong relationship was nowhere more apparent than Trump’s public congratulations of Scavino’s proposal to his longtime girlfriend, Erin Elmore.
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“What a great couple,” he posted on social media late last month. “Congratulations!”
Meanwhile, Gor began his ambassadorship on a trip to New Delhi, where he met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to discuss defense, trade, technology, and critical minerals.
