Who will be in Donald Trump's cabinet?

Donald Trump has chosen an attorney general who allegedly made racist remarks, a CIA chief critical of the US deal with Iran and also a defence secretary who says it is fun to shoot some people.

Here is more information about his choices for key roles in his cabinet:

:: Secretary of State - Rex Tillerson

Mr Tillerson, a 64-year-old Texan, has been chairman and chief executive at ExxonMobil since 2006.

He has ample experience in making business deals with other nations but no experience working with them as a diplomat.

He could face a tough Senate confirmation battle focusing on his relationship with Russia's president Vladimir Putin.

In 2013, Mr Putin bestowed the Order of Friendship on Mr Tillerson, saying he had earned the Russian state honour for his work "strengthening cooperation in the energy sector".

He has been a vocal critic of US sanctions against Russia after its 2014 incursion into Crimea.

Climate change could also be a divisive issue during his term.

Read more about Rex Tillerson being chosen for Secretary of State here

:: Defence secretary - James Mattis

The 66-year-old retired from the Marine Corps in 2013, having served as the commander of the US Central Command.

Nicknamed "Mad Dog", the ex-general's service record is respected but there are concerns about his lack of diplomatic experience.

Mr Mattis also said in 2005 that it was "fun to shoot some people".

He told a forum in San Diego: "Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people.

Mr Mattis added: "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil.

"You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway, so it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."

:: Housing and urban development secretary - Ben Carson

During the Republican presidential primaries, Mr Trump compared the 65-year-old retired neurosurgeon, his then rival, to a child molester and accused him of having a "pathological disease".

But Dr Carson went on to endorse Mr Trump in March, saying the two had "buried the hatchet".

Dr Carson, who previously ruled himself out for a Cabinet role, has never held elected office and has no previous experience in urban development.

Critics say that his description of homosexuality as a "choice" and his support for conversion therapy raise concerns over how he would address housing needs within that community.

:: Attorney general - Jeff Sessions

The 69-year-old Alabama senator was an early supporter of Mr Trump, endorsing him in the presidential campaign and becoming a close aide.

The 20-year congressional veteran was nominated in 1986 by then-president Ronald Reagan to be a federal judge, but was denied confirmation after allegations he had made racist remarks when he was US attorney for Alabama.

In the 1980s he is said to have called an African-American prosecutor "boy" - an allegation Mr Sessions denied.

He apparently admitted that, when told a white lawyer had been called a "disgrace to his race" for defending African-Americans, he responded by saying: "Well, maybe he is."

He said he was not a racist, but said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union could be considered "un-American".

According to transcripts of the hearings, Mr Sessions was also accused of saying that he thought the Ku Klux Klan "was okay" until he learned they smoked marijuana. He said this was a joke and was taken out of context.

:: National security adviser - Mike Flynn

A retired US Army three-star general, Mr Flynn is one of Mr Trump's closest advisers.

The 57-year-old is a former military intelligence chief has made extreme statements that critics say border on Islamophobia.

In 2012 he was appointed director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and quickly built a reputation as a blunt talker. 

He retired two years later over disagreement with the Obama administration's approach to global affairs and fighting Islamic State militants.

In a book published this year, he argued Muslim countries must be forced to recognise and stamp out radical Islamist beliefs, which he says are "metastasizing" around the world.

Mr Flynn has urged Washington to work more closely with Moscow and travelled to Russia last year to join Vladimir Putin in a celebration of RT, a television channel funded by the Russian government.

He said he was paid for his participation and had to defend himself from accusations that he was aiding a propaganda effort. 

Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, was disparaging of Mr Flynn in hacked emails that were leaked online.

He called Mr Flynn a "right-wing nutty" and a "jerk", and said he had been forced out of the DIA.

:: CIA director - Mike Pompeo

Mr Pompeo, a 52-year-old Kansas congressman and member of the Tea Party movement, was on the House of Representatives intelligence and energy and commerce committees.

He gained prominence as a member of the congressional committee that blasted Hillary Clinton over the 2012 attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

A conservative Republican, Mr Pompeo enrolled as a teenager in the Military Academy at West Point and graduated first in his class in 1986.

He then graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the law review. 

He has been a fierce critic of Mr Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.  

In November, he wrote on Twitter: "I look forward to rolling back this disastrous deal with the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism."

:: Health and human services secretary - Tom Price

This is a key post, considering Mr Trump's pledge to replace Barack Obama's signature Obamacare policy.

Mr Price, 62, is an orthopedic surgeon who has worked in the Atlanta area for more than 20 years and heads the House of Representatives' Budget Committee.

A Georgia representative since 2005, he has spoken against abortion and has criticised Obamacare.

He is in favour of tax credits, expanded health savings accounts, and lawsuit reforms to replace the legislation, which aimed to lower the cost of healthcare and boost the number of people with insurance cover.

:: Education secretary - Betsy DeVos

A 58-year-old billionaire Republican donor and former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, she is an advocate of the privatisation of education.

As chair of the American Federation for Children, she has pushed for vouchers that families can use to send their children to private or religious schools.

She supports giving parents and local communities more control of education policy.

Critics have claimed Mrs DeVos is unsuitable because she does not have any experience of working in schools and sent her children to private school.

Ms DeVos had been critical of Mr Trump's campaign, saying in July: "A lot of the things he has said are very offputting and concerning." 

Her husband, Dick, is heir to the Amway fortune, while her brother Erik Prince founded controversial private security contractor Blackwater.