President Barack Obama has named bank executive and former commerce secretary William Daley as the next White House chief of staff.
He replaces interim chief of staff Pete Rouse, who is to remain at the White House as a counsellor to Mr Obama.
"I am convinced he will help us in our mission of growing our economy," Mr Obama said at the White House.
Analysts say Mr Daley will help the president repair relationships with big business.
"He's led major corporations. He possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy," Mr Obama said of Mr Daley, who served as commerce secretary under former President Bill Clinton and is an executive with JPMorgan Chase.
'Genetic trait'
Mr Daley, 62, is also a Chicago native and the son and brother of longtime mayors of that city, where Mr Obama spent most of his adult years before moving to Washington in 2005.
His brother Richard Daley is soon to retire as mayor of Chicago, and Mr Obama's first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, also a Chicagoan, left the White House three months ago to run for the job. Mr Emanuel was replaced temporarily by Mr Rouse.
On Thursday, Mr Obama quipped that Mr Daley's understanding of politics was "a genetic trait".
President Barack Obama has named bank executive and former commerce secretary William Daley as the next White House chief of staff.
He replaces interim chief of staff Pete Rouse, who is to remain at the White House as a counsellor to Mr Obama.
"I am convinced he will help us in our mission of growing our economy," Mr Obama said at the White House.
Analysts say Mr Daley will help the president repair relationships with big business.
"He's led major corporations. He possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy," Mr Obama said of Mr Daley, who served as commerce secretary under former President Bill Clinton and is an executive with JPMorgan Chase.
'Genetic trait'
Mr Daley, 62, is also a Chicago native and the son and brother of longtime mayors of that city, where Mr Obama spent most of his adult years before moving to Washington in 2005.
His brother Richard Daley is soon to retire as mayor of Chicago, and Mr Obama's first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, also a Chicagoan, left the White House three months ago to run for the job. Mr Emanuel was replaced temporarily by Mr Rouse.
On Thursday, Mr Obama quipped that Mr Daley's understanding of politics was "a genetic trait".
source : bbc.co.uk
