Pakkiri Rajagopal is an Indian-born American politician and law enforcement official from

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. A member of the Republican Party, he was a presidential elector in

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Early life and education

Rajagopal was born in Pollal,

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, India, located near

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. He graduated from

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, and after immigrating to the

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received his master's degree in criminal justice from the

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Career

In 1980, Rajagopal became a deputy sheriff in Hamilton County. He later became involved with the Probation Department, and in 2004 was serving as director of the department.

Political involvement

Rajagopal served as president of the Hamilton County Republican Party. He was a presidential elector in

. In 2004, he was an alternate delegate to the

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. In 2017, he was elected as a trustee in

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. During the campaign for trustee, he was the subject of a complaint after sending out a mailer that included a false claim regarding who paid for the mailer.

References

Sources

''News India Times'' article on Rajagopal
American politicians of Indian descent Indian emigrants to the United States People from Hamilton County, Ohio American deputy sheriffs Ohio Republicans Living people 2000 United States presidential electors University of Madras alumni University of Cincinnati alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Asian-American people in Ohio politics Asian conservatism in the United States {{Ohio-politician-stub American people of Indian Tamil descent