Five things to know about Susie Wiles

USA: Donald Trump has named campaign chief Susie Wiles as his chief of staff, the most senior unelected position in the White House.

In his victory speech, Trump said she “just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history” and “is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected”.

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Here’s what we know about the woman the Republican president-elect referred to as the “ice maiden”:

Less than a year after Wiles started working in politics, she joined Ronald Reagan’s campaign ahead of his 1980 election

In 2010, she helped turn Rick Scott, a then-businessman with little political experience, into Florida’s governor in just seven months. Scott is now a US senator

Wiles met Trump during the 2015 Republican presidential primary and became the co-chair of his Florida campaign. He went on to win the state over Hillary Clinton in 2016

Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who put her in charge of his successful race two years later, described Wiles as “the best in the business”

The 67-year-old grandmother – who is the daughter of late American football player and broadcaster Pat Summerall has described herself as coming from a “traditional” political background.