BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department. Some things to know about the two-term Republican governor of a sparsely populated state:

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to select North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as the nominee to be the secretary of the Department of the Interior.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be his secretary of Interior, he announced Thursday evening at a gala. Trump teased the pick during a speech at Mar-a-Lago during an America First Policy Institute dinner,