David Gregory has been chosen to succeed the late Tim Russert and interim moderator Tom Brokaw as the new moderator of NBC’s Meet The Press.

Meet The Press has been without a permanent moderator since Russert suffered a fatal heart attack at the network’s Washington headquarters last June.

Gregory, the 38-year-old chief NBC News White House correspondent, was introduced as the new host by Tom Brokaw on Sunday.

He will take over the long-running NBC political program next week.