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Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State

Vedant Patel
Vedant Patel in 2023
Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 6, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJalina Porter
Assistant White House Press Secretary
In office
January 20, 2021 – June 1, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Personal details
EducationUniversity of California, Riverside (BS)
University of Florida (MBA)

Vedant Patel is an American government official currently serving as the Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State. He has previously served as a spokesperson at the White House, for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign, and for other politicians and organizations.

Early life and education

Patel was born in Gujarat, India, and grew up in San Jose, California and attended Branham High School. He graduated from the University of California, Riverside with a degree in biology. He received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida.

Career

Patel has worked as the communications director for U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Mike Honda, and has served as a press secretary for the Democratic National Committee.

After working for the 2020 Biden presidential campaign and the Biden presidential transition, president-elect Biden named Patel to be an Assistant White House Press Secretary in his upcoming administration in December 2020. He served in this capacity starting in January 2021, after Biden's inauguration.

On June 1, 2022, Patel left his position at the White House to serve as the Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, starting his new post on June 6, 2022.

In September 2022 Patel became the first Indian American to conduct the daily press briefing at the United States Department of State.

In March 2023, after Ned Price left his post, Patel took over as the leading State Department spokesperson on an interim basis before Matthew Miller assumed the position on April 24, 2023.

References

  1. ^ "Biden names American Vedant Patel as Assistant WH Press Secretary". The Economic Times. PTI. December 19, 2020. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  2. "Meet Vedant Patel: 1st Indian-American to hold US state department's briefing". Hindustan Times. September 7, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Subramanian, Courtney (May 31, 2022). "California native leaves White House for State Department in staff reshuffling". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  4. "Former Branham High School Student to Join Biden-Harris Administration".
  5. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedantpatel90/
  6. ^ "Vedant Patel". United States Department of State. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "Vedant Patel becomes first Indian-American to hold daily US State Dept press conference". The Indian Express. PTI. September 7, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  8. Patel, Vedant (June 1, 2022). "Today's my last day at The @WhiteHouse" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. "Ned Price to step down as US State Department's spokesperson; Vedant Patel to be interim spokesperson". WION. March 9, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

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Political offices
Preceded byJalina Porter Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
2022–present 		Incumbent
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