US President Donald Trump on Saturday named White House personnel director Sergio Gor as ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs. Trump said Gor is a "great friend" who "has been at my side for many years".
5 Points On Sergio Gor
- Sergio Gor, 38, was born in Uzbekistan when it was still in the Soviet Union before moving as a child to Malta.
- After attending university in the US, Gor became active in Republican Party politics and worked with Rand Paul, currently the Senator for Kentucky.
- Gor has also worked as a fundraiser and as an amateur wedding DJ.
- Gor and Donald Trump Jr also ran a publishing company, Winning Team Publishing, which published two of the US President's books.
- He had been tasked with vetting Trump's choices for administration positions, including the president's nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA - a bid that was withdrawn in June.
