Trump's ex-wife Ivana wants him to make her ambassador to Czech Republic

Washington: Ivana Trump, the US President-elect's ex-wife, has suggested that she be now made the ambassador of the Czech Republic, where she was born in 1949.

“[That] is where I’m from and my language and everybody knows me. I’m quite known all around the world. Not only in America. I have written three books, and they were translated in 40 countries in 25 languages. I’m known by the name Ivana. I really did not need the name Trump,” she told New York Post in an interview.

Ivana Zelnickova Winklmayr, a New York model originally from the Czech Republic, was Donald’s first wife. They married in 1977 and had three children – Donald Jr, Ivanka and second son Eric Trump. Donald left his wife in 1992 following an affair with actress Marla Maples.

Daughter Ivanka, sons Eric and Donald Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner were close advisers to Trump's campaign and are part of his transition team announced on Friday.

The Trump Organization said in a statement it was planning to transfer control of the portfolio of businesses to Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and other executives.