First presidential transition of Donald Trump

First presidential transition of Donald Trump

President Barack Obama (right) and President-elect Donald Trump (left) meet in the Oval Office of the White House as part of the presidential transition on November 10, 2016.
Date of election	November 8, 2016
Transition start	November 9, 2016
Inauguration date	January 20, 2017
President-elect	Donald Trump (Republican)
Vice president-elect	Mike Pence (Republican)
Outgoing president	Barack Obama (Democrat)
Outgoing vice president	Joe Biden (Democrat)
Status	501(c)(4)[1]
Headquarters	1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., United States[2][3]
Chairman	Mike Pence[4]
Director of Appointments	Bill Hagerty
Website	GreatAgain Archived 2017-01-20 at the Wayback Machine

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Donald Trump's first presidential transition began when he won the 2016 United States presidential election on November 8, and became the president-elect.^[5] Trump was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 19, 2016. The transition was formerly led by Chris Christie until he and a number of his supporters were replaced or demoted on November 11. The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2017, and the transition ended when Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017.