Joe Biden nominates Indian-American Rashad Hussain as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

Indian-American legal professional Rashad Hussain has been nominated because the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom by the Joe Biden-administration.

In a press release on Friday, the White House stated, “Today’s announcement underscores the President’s dedication to construct an administration that appears like America and displays folks of all faiths. Hussain is the primary Muslim to be nominated to function the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.”Rashad Hussain, 41, is at present the Director for Partnerships and Global Engagement on the National Security Council. He has beforehand served as a Senior Counsel on the Department of Justice’s National Security Division.During the Obama Administration, Rashad Hussain served because the US Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), US Special Envoy for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, and Deputy Associate White House Counsel.In his roles as envoy, Rashad Hussain labored with multilateral organisations such because the OIC and UN, overseas governments, and civil society organisations to broaden partnerships in training, entrepreneurship, well being, worldwide safety, science and know-how, and different areas.Rashad Hussain additionally spearheaded efforts on countering anti-semitism and defending non secular minorities in Muslim-majority nations.Prior to becoming a member of the Obama Administration, Rashad Hussain labored on the House Judiciary Committee, served as a judicial regulation clerk to the Hon. Damon Keith on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and was an Associate Counsel to the Obama-Biden Transition Project.Rashad Hussain obtained his Juris Doctor diploma from Yale Law School, the place he served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal, and Master’s levels in Public Administration (Kennedy School of Government) and Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard University.Rashad Hussain has additionally taught as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown Law Center and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.Also Read: Indian-American Manisha Juthani nominated as Public Health Commissioner of ConnecticutAlso Read: Veena Reddy sworn in as first Indian-American mission director of USAID