Know who is the Indian-origin Kashyap Patel, who has been appointed as the FBI Director. He has made a strategy to deal with Al-Qaeda and ISIS in the counterterrorism campaign...
The US Senate has approved the nomination of Indian-origin Kash Patel as the director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). According to C-Span, Patel won the approval by a vote of 51-47. This approval was received despite opposition from Democrats, who warned that Kashyap Patel, who is a strong Republican supporter, could use the FBI to target the President's political opponents.
Know who is Kash Patel?
Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel, commonly known as Kash Patel, was born on February 25, 1980 in Garden City, New York to Indian Gujarati immigrant parents. He grew up in a Hindu family and his family's immigration history was important in his life, as his parents fled ethnic persecution in East Africa and settled in the US.
Here's where he studied
Kash Patel completed his studies from Garden City High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Criminal Justice from the University of Richmond in 2002. After this, he received a law degree from Pace University School of Law in 2005 and also earned a diploma in international law from University College London in 2004, which started his career in the legal and national security field.
This is how Kash Patel started his career
Kash Patel began his legal career as a public defender in Miami-Dade County, Florida from 2006 to 2014 and later moved to a federal position. From 2014 to 2017, he was a trial attorney at the US Department of Justice, where he gained significant experience in national security matters. When he became Senior Counsel for Counterterrorism on the House Intelligence Committee in 2017, he played a key role in overseeing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
Donald Trump himself nominated him for the FBI
In November 2024, Kash Patel's career reached a new height when President-elect Donald Trump nominated him as the next FBI director. This nomination happened after the resignation of Christopher Ray.
