Viet D. Dinh
| Viet D. Dinh | |
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| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy | |
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In office May 31, 2001 – May 31, 2003 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Succeeded by | Daniel J. Bryant |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 22, 1968 Saigon, Vietnam |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (A.B.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Viet D. Dinh (Vietnamese: Đinh Đồng Phụng Việt; born February 22, 1968) is a lawyer and a conservative legal scholar who served as an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 2001 to 2003, under the presidency of George W. Bush. Born in Saigon, in the former South Vietnam, he was the chief architect of the USA PATRIOT Act and is a former member of the Board of Directors of News Corporation.
Dinh was born in Saigon, South Vietnam. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1978, three years after Vietnam had fully embraced communism. They initially settled in Portland, Oregon, but moved to Fullerton, California, two years later.
Dinh graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1990 with an A.B. in Government and Economics. While at Harvard, he was a member of the Phoenix S.K. Club. He then attended Harvard Law School, where he was a Class Marshal, an Olin Research Fellow in Law and Economics, and Bluebook editor of the Harvard Law Review, and received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) magna cum laude in 1993.
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