Indian-American Rashad Hussain has been appointed as the Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counter-terrorism Communications.
According to the state department of US, the appointment will expand the global engagement and partnerships of the US in order to counter violent extremism.
Hussain is currently the US special envoy to Organization for Islamic Countries (OIC).
The 37-year-old will also serve as the Coordinator of the Centre for Strategic Counter-terrorism Communications to coordinate, orient and inform the government wide strategic communications which are focused on violent extremists and terrorist organizations.
ABOUT RASHAD HUSSAIN:
- Hussain has completed his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a Masters degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard University
- He has received Juris Doctoral from Yale Law School and has served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal
- He has worked as a legislative assistant for the House Judiciary Committee and reviewed the USA Patriot Act
- In January 2009, Hussain was appointed as the Deputy Associate Counsel to US President Barack Obama, whose role was to focus on national security, new media and science and technology issues
- Before he joined the White House, Rashad Hussain, a Hafiz of holy Quran, was a member of legal staff for the Presidential Transition Team.
- Earlier, he has also served as Trial Attorney at the US Department of Justice
- In January 2013, he received the Distinguished Honor Award for outstanding service to the agencies of the US Government which has marked national or international significance
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