Sabrina Singh (born 1988) is an American administrator who has served as the Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary in the

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since April 2022. Singh previously served as

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and Deputy Press Secretary for Vice President

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...

in the

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from 2021 to 2022.

Career

She is an alumna of the

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. Singh started her career as the press assistant at the

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. She served as the

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, the current

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, when Harris was

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's senator. Earlier, Singh was appointed as a National Spokesperson for

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. She has also served as the National Press Secretary for Cory Booker 2020 presidential campaign. She was the

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. Singh has served as the Deputy Communications Director for the

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, and spokeswoman for American Bridge's Trump War Room.

Personal life

Sabrina Singh is of

Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism (Sikhi), a monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ' ...

heritage. Her grandfather

Jagjit Singh Jagjit Singh (born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian cl ...

(aka J. J. Singh), a famed freedom fighter and the head of India League of America, hailed from

Abbottabad Abbottabad (; Urdu, Punjabi language(HINDKO dialect) آباد, translit=aibṭabād, ) is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and fourth ...

in the present day

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. The family moved to the United States before the

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. Her father Manjit was born in 1956 in

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; when he was five years old, his parents returned to

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with their entire family. Manjit and his brother Manmohan grew up in

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. Following the death of Jagjit Singh in 1976, Manjit, who was a chairman and CEO of Sony India, and Sabrina's mother Srila, decided to immigrate to the United States again. She is married to Mike Smith, the political director for

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, the former

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' Speaker.

References

1988 births American Sikhs Biden administration personnel Democratic National Committee people Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign American politicians of Indian descent Living people USC School of International Relations alumni {{US-politician-stub