Ajit Pai
| Ajit V. Pai | |
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| Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission | |
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Assumed office January 23, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Tom Wheeler |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ajit Varadaraj Pai January 10, 1973 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Janine Van Lancker |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Ajit Varadaraj Pai (born January 10, 1973) is an American attorney who serves as the Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He is the first Indian American to hold the office.
He has served in various positions at the FCC since being appointed to the commission by President Barack Obama in May 2012, at the recommendation of Mitch McConnell. He was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on May 7, 2012, and was sworn in on May 14, 2012, for a five-year term.
In January 2017, President Donald Trump named Pai as Chairman of the agency. In March 2017, Trump announced that he would renominate Pai to serve another five-year term at the FCC, which will require confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Before his appointment to the FCC, Pai held positions with the Department of Justice, the United States Senate, the FCC's Office of General Counsel, and Verizon Communications.
The son of Konkani immigrants from India, Pai was born on January 10, 1973 in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in rural Parsons, Kansas. Both of his parents were doctors at the county hospital.
Pai attended Harvard University where he participated in the Harvard Speech & Parliamentary Debate Society. He earned a B.A. with honors in Social Studies from Harvard in 1994 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1997, where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review and won the Thomas J. Mulroy Prize.
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