Rex Tillerson in charge of the US diplomacy, confirmed by the Senate

U.S. Adina Camarasu
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The ex-president of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, was nominated as the US State Secretary.

His appointment has reached a new stage on Monday, after the procedure vote came out positive from the Senate.

The confirmation vote will take place in the next few days, according to AFP.

56 senators have voted in the favor of Rex, while the other 43 were against. The Republican majority gave its acceptance, while almost all Democrats refused to submit a positive vote for Tillerson.

This was a procedure vote which was meant to pave the way for the final vote, which has been scheduled for Wednesday. But, it may be possible that the date will be changed and the vote will occur some other day.

The democrats are accusing the former president of ExxonMobil, a giant oil company, that he had a past bond with Vladimir Putin.

However, Rex Tillerson, aged 64 years, may succeed the Democrat John Kerry, who had left his position and resigned after spending four years holding this position.

Currently, the political leader and no.3 in the state department, Thomas Shannon, will be temporarily holding the position as the head of the US diplomacy.

Until now, only four of all the senior officials who had been appointed by Donald Trump were confirmed in their positions. The confirmed leaders are James Mattis, John Kelly, Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley.

Tillerson, aged 64, has no diplomatic or governmental experience.

Though, he was suspected of having some links with the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Tillerson has dedicated his career to the energy sector and has experience with foreign governments, given that the oil giant ExxonMobil is active in over 50 countries.