Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the next White House press secretary

Sarah Huckabee Sanders will take over as President Trump's chief spokesperson, the White House announced Friday.

Sanders will be the third woman to be the White House press secretary position since the job's inception back in 1929. The other two women to hold the job: Dee Dee Myers, who was Bill Clinton's spokeswoman from 1993 to 1994, and Dana Perino, George W. Bush's spokeswoman from 2007 to 2009.

"I think it's, certainly professionally, one of the greatest honors that any person could ever have, to work in any capacity within this building," Sanders said. "And to get to do that up here, in such a public way and speak on behalf of the president is absolutely an honor."

As deputy to Sean Spicer, Sanders is a familiar face at the podium.

Sanders' promotion comes as the result of the resignation of Spicer. Spicer, who quit after President Trump tapped Anthony Scaramucci to be the next White House communications director, said Friday that he would stay through August.

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"He understands that the president wanted to bring in and add new people to the team and Sean felt like it’d be best for that team to start with a totally clean slate," Sanders said of Spicer's departure. "It speaks volumes about who is to be willing to do that."

One person who was particularly excited about Sanders' promotion: her father, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.

"@POTUS makes STELLAR decision and appoints Sarah Huckabee Sanders as new Press Sec; Yes, I'm as objective about it as CNN is toward @POTUS!," he wrote on Twitter.

Contributing: Maureen Groppe