Rashad Hussain | |
|---|---|
 Hussain in 2010 | |
| 6th United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom | |
| Assumed office January 24, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Sam Brownback |
| United States Special Envoy for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications | |
| In office February 18, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| United States Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | |
| In office February 13, 2010 – February 18, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Sada Cumber |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 19, 1979 Wyoming, U.S. |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA) Harvard University (MPA, MA) Yale University (JD) |
Rashad Hussain is an American attorney, diplomat, and professor,[1] who currently serves as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He previously served as associate White House counsel,[2] as U.S. Special Envoy of President Barack Obama to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),[3][4] and the U.S. Special Envoy for strategic counterterrorism communications.[5] Hussain has also served on the United States National Security Council and in the Department of Justice as a trial attorney and a criminal and national security prosecutor.
- ^ "Rashad Hussain". Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ "Obama Announces Key Additions to the Office of the White House Counsel". whitehouse.gov. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2016-11-28 – via National Archives.
- ^ Cooper, Helene (February 13, 2010). "U.S. Envoy is to Be Link to Muslims". New York Times. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ^ Wilson, Scott. "Rashad Hussain, a Muslim and new U.S. envoy, is bridge between two worlds". Washington Post.
- ^ "Obama picks special envoy to world Muslim group". CNN. February 13, 2010. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2010.