Donald Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon to lead education department

Trump also selected Dr Mehmet Oz, a former talk show host, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programmes

Linda McMahon speaks during a news conference (AP)

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday put forward billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be education secretary – overseeing an agency he has promised to dismantle.

He also selected Dr Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programmes for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans, and named Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department.