US President-elect Donald Trump, on January 4, an Indian-American, Raj Shah, to an important position in his administration. In a press release, list of new appointees to the White House was announced in which Shah was designated as the “Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communications Director and Research Director.”
The announcement was made by incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus along with other appointments.
“These individuals are the leaders who will help the implementation of the President elect’s agenda and bring real change to Washington,” Priebus said.
Raj Shah will be helping Press Secretary Sean Spicer for the daily White House press briefings, helping him respond, supplement information to counter questions, and through background research, he will also help in preparing “background nuggets”.
After the appointments were announced, Shah said,”I am thrilled for the opportunity. Humbled and truly excited to join this new administration to help its efforts and handle the message on the biggest agenda items.”
Raj Shah hails from a Gujarati family which shifted to the US along ago. His father came to US for studies in 1970s and then moved back to India. But in the late 70s, his father again came to the US after getting married to his mother.
Raj Shah hails from a Gujarati family which shifted to the US along ago. His father came to US for studies in 1970s and then moved back to India. But in the late 70s, his father again came to the US after getting married to his mother.
Currently, Shah is the head of Opposition Research in the Republican National Committee. During the election campaigning, he led a team of experts to carry out research against Hillary Clinton.
