Here are 10 points about Kashyap Patel:

1. Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel is of Gujarati descent and says his parents grew up in East Africa. According to The Atlantic, his father fled Uganda, ruled by Idi Amin, in the 1970s and moved to the US.
2. Mr. Patel was born and raised in Garden City, New York in 1980. He was raised Hindu and his senior yearbook quote was from Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel: “Racism is man’s greatest threat – the maximum hate for a minimal reason.”
3. According to his Department of Defense profile, Mr. Patel completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Richmond before returning to New York to obtain his law degree, along with a certificate in international law from the University College London Faculty of Law in Great Britain.
4. The 44-year-old served as former chief of staff to acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller. Previously, as deputy assistant to the president and senior director of counterterrorism at the National Security Council, he carried out some of then-President Donald Trump’s top priorities, including eliminating ISIS and al-Qaeda leaders such as al-Baghdadi and Qasem al- Rimi. and the repatriation of many American hostages.
5. He also served as National Security Advisor and Senior Advisor to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he led the investigation into Russia’s campaign for active measures to influence the 2016 presidential election.
6. After beginning his career as a public defender, he tried many complex cases, including cases involving murder, drug trafficking and financial crimes in state and federal courts.
7. The Atlantic report describes Mr Patel as the man “who will do anything for Trump”, who is now the president-elect after scoring a remarkable victory in the just-concluded election.
8. According to the report, Patel joined the then-Trump administration in 2019 as a 40-year-old lawyer and quickly rose through the ranks.
9. Trump also planned to appoint Patel as deputy director of the CIA in the final weeks of his administration, according to the report, but faced setbacks.
10. At a gala for young Republicans last year, Trump had a message for Patel: “Get ready, Kash. Get ready.”