President Donald Trump has named Indian-American Manisha Singh to the key post of Assistant Secretary of State to look after economic and business affairs.
If confirmed by the Senate, the 45-year-old Singh will assume the post that has been lying vacant with the exit since January of Charles Rikvin, an appointee of former President Barack Obama.
She is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs and has served as a senior aide to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a White House announcement said.
A resident of Florida, Singh is currently Chief Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor to Republican Senator Dan Sullivan from Alaska.
Singh, who has practiced law at multinational law firms and working in-house at an investment bank, holds an llM in International legal Studies from the American University Washington College of law and a JD from the University of Florida College of law.
A native of Uttar Pradesh, Singh moved to the United States with her parents as a child. She is licenced to practice law in Florida, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.