United States President, Donald Trump has appointed Indian-Americans for key positions in his administration. It would not be the very first time that Trump has done that as his administration is filled with Indian-Americans working day in and day out.
Recently, he nominated a few more for different positions US representative to IBRD, federal court judge and OECD envoy.
Representation to IBRD
The first name on the list is of Ashok Pinto who has been nominated to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
Trump announced the possible nomination of Pinto on April 09. As of the current position that Pinto works in, he serves as the Counselor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs at the United States Department of the Treasury.
Pinto was nominated as the US Alternate Executive Director of IBRD for a persistent term of two years. He is likely going to take over Erik Bethel, who is currently working in the position.
Pinto has also worked as Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to President George W Bush. Aside from that, he has also worked for a number of other political figures involved in the US administration.
Federal Court Judge
The next nomination came for Saritha Komatireddy, who is an Indian-American attorney to a federal court in New York. She is currently working as a professor at the Columbia law college and is a prosecutor as well.
She has also clerked under Brett Kavanaugh, who was the former judge of the same district. Currently, she is working as the Deputy Chief of the General Crime in the United States Attorney’s Office.
Trump announced his intent of nomination Komatireddy for serving as the United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
OECD ENVOY
Last but not the least in the list of nominations was that for Indian-American diplomat Manisha Singh who was appointed as Trump’s envoy to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Singh is going to be appointed at the rank of an ambassador for the post soon. She is currently working as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs.
Trump announced his intent to nominate Singh for the position on April 27, 2020.
Her prior experienced include working as the under secretary of Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment and as a deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs at the State Department.
She has also worked as the Deputy Chief Counsel to the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She has also worked as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
