09.13.17

Sullivan Congratulates Singh on State Department Nomination

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today congratulated Manisha Singh, the senator’s senior policy advisor and chief counsel, on her nomination by President Trump to become Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs.

“While I’m sad to see Manisha leave the Senate if confirmed, her departure will be a big gain for the State Department, our country and Alaska,” said Senator Sullivan. “Having worked with Manisha at the State Department and now in the Senate, I cannot overstate her wealth of knowledge and passion for foreign policy and economic diplomacy. Her service will be invaluable to the department as the Trump Administration works to make our nation more prosperous and secure by creating economic opportunities for American workers. She also has deep knowledge of Alaska’s international economic, trade, and energy opportunities. She’s an excellent candidate for this job and I hope the Senate confirms her promptly.”

Prior to her service in Senator Sullivan’s office, Singh served as a senior aide to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as a deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs when Senator Sullivan served as the assistant secretary of this State Department bureau. Singh has also practiced law at multinational law firms and worked in-house at an investment bank.

She holds an LL.M. in international legal studies from the American University Washington College of Law, a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law and a B.A. from the University of Miami. She also studied at the University of Leiden Law School in the Netherlands. Singh speaks fluent Hindi. 

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