Ajit Varadaraj Pai
| Ajit Varadaraj Pai | |
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| 32nd 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 |
| Member of the Federal Communications Commission | |
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Assumed office May 14, 2012 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
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January 10, 1973 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Janine Van Lancker |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Radha and Varadaraj Pai |
| Residence | Arlington, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago Law School (JD) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Ajit Varadaraj Pai (born January 10, 1973) is the Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He has served on the FCC since being appointed by President Barack Obama in May 2012. In January 2017, President Donald Trump elevated Pai to Chairman of the agency. He is the first Indian American to hold the office. He was initially nominated for a Republican Party position on the commission by President Barack Obama 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 March 2017, President Donald 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. Pai previously worked as a lawyer for the Department of Justice, the United States Senate, Verizon Communications, and the FCC's Office of General Counsel, before being named commissioner to the FCC in 2011.
The son of 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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