Trump nominates ex-Fox News journalist Heather Nauert as UN ambassador.

In this file photo taken on November 30, 2017, US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump on December 7, 2018, nominated Nauert as US ambassador to the United Nations. (Photo: AFP)

Heather Nauert, 48, was an American journalist at Fox News and has been the government official spokesperson for the United States Department of State since April 24, 2017.

Before then she had rarely participated in government affairs, except for her twice election of South Carolina governor.

It came two months after Nikki Haley, the 46-year-old US former United Nations Ambassador, applied her resignation on October 9.