Kash Patel confirmed as 9th Director of the FBI by US Senate

President Donald Trump's nominee for Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, was confirmed by the United States Senate by 51-49 votes.  He succeeds Christopher Wray as the FBI Director.

According to the United States of America’s “Omnibus Crime Control Act and Safe Streets Act of 1968”, the President nominates the Director of the FBI, which must be approved by the American Senate by a simple majority.

The 100-member Senate is the upper house of the bicameral American Congress (Parliament). The lower house of Congress is the House of Representatives.

Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States of America, is a member of the Republican Party, which has a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Term of Kash Patel as FBI Director 

• Initially, there was no limit to the term of Director of the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover was appointed the FBI director in 1924 and remained in the post till 1972 for 48 years.
• Congress amended the law and limited the tenure of the FBI Director to a single term of no longer than 10 years. ‪ 
• Thus, Kash Patel can remain in office for 10 years till 2035.
• However, the President can dismiss the FBI director any time he wants.

Patel Took Oath on Bhagavad Gita 

Kash Patel took his oath of office on Bhagavad Gita. 

Kash Patel was sworn in by the US Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The FBI is part of the United States Department of Justice, which is led by the Attorney General.

The Attorney General administers the FBI Director the oath of office and the Director is responsible to the Attorney General.

About Kash Patel 

Kash Patel, or Kashyap Pramod Patel, was born in New York on February 25, 1980. His parents were Gujarati immigrants who migrated from East Africa to America.

He is a lawyer by profession and held key positions during Donald Trump's first term as president (2017-2021). 

He worked in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Defence Department. He also worked as a federal defender and a counterterrorism prosecutor for the Justice Department.

About Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was set up on 26 July 1908 by the United States Attorney General Charles Bonaparte when Theodore Roosevelt was the President.

The FBI is the investigating arm of the US Justice Department.

It is the US government’s main law enforcement agency and gathers intelligence regarding threats to US national security.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is responsible for foreign intelligence. 

Headquarters: Washington D.C. 

List of Important Appointees of the Donald Trump Administration

• Secretary of State (Foreign Minister)- Marco Rubio
• Secretary of Treasury(Finance Minister)- Scott Bessent
• Secretary of Defence (Defence Minister) - Pete Hegseth 
• National Security Advisor to the President- Micheal Waltz 
• Director of CIA -John Ratcliffe
• Director of FBI -Kash Patel
• Director of National Intelligence -Tulsi Gabbard 

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