By MATTHEW DALY and CHRIS MEGERIAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, whom he picked to lead the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish American “energy dominance” in the world. .

Burgum, in his new role, will oversee a panel of all executive branch agencies involved in energy permitting, production, distribution, regulation and transportation, Trump said in a statement. As chairman of the National Energy Council, Burgum will have a seat on the National Security Council, Trump said.

“This Council will oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINATION by cutting red tape, strengthening private sector investment in all sectors of the economy, and focusing on INNOVATION over long-standing regulation, but totally unnecessary,” Trump wrote.