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Farah Pandith ((カシミール語:फ़राह पंडित)) (born January 13, 1968 in Srinagar,〔http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/125492.htm Farah Pandith's official United States State Department Bio〕 Jammu & Kashmir, India) was the first ever〔Fletcher News June 18, 2010〕 Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the United States Department of State.〔〔http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/01/state-department-muslim-envoy-pledges-new-era-of-respect-engagement/ CNN article about Farah Pandith's first press briefing as Special Representative to Muslim Communities〕 She was appointed to this position on June 23, 2009 by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,〔http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/06a/125443.htm Official U.S. State department June 26, 2009 press release of Farah Pandith's appointment by Secretary of State Clinton to become the United States Special Representative to Muslim Communities〕〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062503375.html U.S. taps envoy for Muslim outreach without fanfare, New York Times〕〔http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2009/125415.htm US State department, Press briefing 25/06/2009〕〔http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-26/hyderabad/28197341_1_farah-pandith-muslim-communities-special-representative-pandith Indian American is US special muslim representative, Times of India〕 and sworn in by Secretary Clinton at a ceremony at the State Department on September 15, 2009.〔http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1857622883?bctid=40275422001 Streaming video link to Farah Pandith's Swearing-in Ceremony at the U.S. State Department on Sept. 15, 2009〕 She joined the Harvard University Institute of Politics in 2014.〔http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/01/24/farah-pandith-leaving-state-dept-job-join-harvard-university-institute-politics/〕 Pandith was born in India and immigrated with her mother to Massachusetts on July 4, 1969. She was Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.〔〔http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/stories.asp?id=502 F. Pandith speech to the Henry Jackson Society, 04/12/2007〕〔http://www.linkedin.com/in/farahpandith Farah Pandith's LinkedIn profile〕 This role was created for the first time in U.S. history. Pandith was responsible for engaging with Muslim communities in Europe.〔 From 2004 to 2007 Pandith worked at the National Security Council at the White House under Elliott Abrams covering a portfolio that included "Muslim engagement," countering violent extremism, and The Broader Middle East North Africa Initiative.〔 She worked at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2003 to 2004.〔 She lived in Kabul, Afghanistan in the Spring of 2004.〔〔http://fletcher.tufts.edu/news/2009/pdf/insider.pdf Farah Pandith in the Inaugural Edition of the Washingtonian Magazine〕 Before coming to government, Pandith was Vice President of International Business for ML Strategies, LLC, in Boston, Massachusetts.〔〔 Prior to graduate school, she worked at USAID from 1990 to 1993.〔〔 == Education == Farah Pandith received her Master's in Law & Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.) in 1995 from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.〔〔 Her areas of concentration were International Security Studies, Islamic Civilizations & Southwest Asia, and International Negotiation & Conflict Resolution.〔〔 There, professors Leila Fawaz, Andrew Hess, Richard Shultz, and Sugata Bose played pivotal roles in the way she thought about issues, such as the role of militants killing civilians in Kashmir.〔Fletcher News June 18, 2010〕 For her thesis, she wrote on the insurgency in Kashmir, India, interviewing militants and high-level members of the Indian government.〔 In 1990 she was awarded an A.B. in both Government and Psychology from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.〔〔 She was the President of the student body from 1989 to 1990.〔〔http://www.boston.com/ae/events/articles/2008/05/17/the_messenger/ Farah Pandith featured in The Boston Globe on May 17, 2008〕 In 1986, Pandith graduated from Milton Academy, in Milton, Massachusetts, where she attended from K-12.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Farah Pandith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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