For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 13, 2003
Statement by the Press Secretary
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice Announced Today the
appointment of Faryar Shirzad as Special Assistant to the President and
Senior Director for International Economic Affairs. He succeeds Mr.
John A. Cloud in that position.
Mr. Shirzad comes from the Department of Commerce where he most
recently was the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. Prior
to joining the Department of Commerce, Mr. Shirzad served as Lead
International Trade Policy Coordinator for the Bush-Cheney Transition
Team. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Shirzad served as the International Trade
Counsel on the Majority Staff of the Senate Finance Committee, under
the then-Chairman William V. Roth, Jr. Prior to his government
service, Mr. Shirzad was an international trade attorney for the law
firms of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Robins, Kaplan Miller
& Ciresi.
Mr. Shirzad earned his law degree from the University of Virginia;
a Master's in Public Policy, with a concentration in international
trade and finance, from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University; and a B.S. in Finance from the University of
Maryland.
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