WASHINGTON—The Senate on Tuesday voted 51-45 to confirm Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, putting in place a billionaire Wall Street veteran turned avowed protectionist to lead the president’s global trade agenda.
Who is Howard Lutnick?
The former chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial-services firm, ran the personnel operation for Trump’s presidential transition. Lutnick, age 63, took the reins at Cantor in 1991. He stepped down following the confirmation vote, a spokesman for Lutnick said.
