Posted on 01/04/2017 9:41:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
US President-elect Donald Trump today appointed young Indian-American Raj Shah, who played a leading role in the Republican party’s anti-Clinton campaign during polls, to a key White House position.
Shah, whose parents immigrated to the US from Gujarat, has been appointed as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communication Director and Research Director, as per an announcement made by the Presidential Transition Team. Shah, who is in his early 30s, is currently head of Opposition Research in the Republican National Committee.
In this position, he led a team of experts to carry out research against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate. Shah was behind all the anti-Clinton campaign during the presidential elections.
The announcement of Shah’s appointment to this key White House position was made by incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus along with other appointments.
“These individuals will be key leaders in helping to implement the President elect’s agenda and bring real change to Washington,” Priebus said.
A second generation Indian American, Shah’s parents are from Mumbai having origins from Gujarat. First his father came to the US for studies in 1970s then moved back to India. But after marriage his father and mother moved back to the US in late 70s.
They lived in Chicago and then moved to Connecticut, where he was born and raised.
No.
Does head of research = computer expert?
Shah headed up what’s called ‘opposition research’ on Hillary. He has been in oppo research for a long time, working in the Bush 2 White House and for the McCain and Romney campaigns. He does not have notable technical computer expertise.
Trump’s Raj Shah was born and raised in Connecticut and is a graduate of Cornell.
No, that guy is a Democrat and has been appointed head of Rockefeller Foundation, more’s the shame.
Thanks
Raj is a Hindu name. He’s at least by birth a Hindu. He could have become a Christian or atheist or agnostic. If he became Moslem, he would have changed his first name
Note that Indian Moslems tend to have “Arabized” names — well, that’s true of most Moslems. Nearly 100%. And converts especially.
Shah is an Indian surname. It is often confused with the Persian "Shah" meaning "King". It is derived from Sanskrit Sadhu (meaning gentleman.So it can be a surname of a Moslem, Christian or Hindu.
...Shah, a different last name, derived from the Persian word "Shah", is a surname found among the Iranian peoples of Central Asia, Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan.
Christians in India now tend to retain or keep Indian names.
I’m confused by the “2nd generation American” part.
Does that mean his parents became citizens before he was born?
Are they citizens now?
This guy was a snotty anti-Trumper and Preibus lackey. I’m not trusting him:
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/white-house-spokesman-shah-called-trump-deplorable
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