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rajiv shah

rajiv `` raj '' shah -lrb- born march 9 , 1973 -rrb- was the administrator of the united states agency for international development usaid from january 7th , 2010 to february 19th , 2015 .
he was confirmed by the senate on december 24 , 2009 .
in this role , shah led more than 9,600 professionals in 80 missions around the world , and managed an annual budget of over $ 22 billion .
during his years at usaid , administrator shah also led the humanitarian response of the united states to crisis such as the earthquake in haiti , famine in the horn of africa , and refugees fleeing syria .
prior to his appointment at usaid , administrator shah served as under secretary of agriculture for research , education , and economics and chief scientist on april 17 , 2009 .
shah 's nomination was confirmed by the united states senate by unanimous consent on may 12 , 2009 .
before serving in this administration , shah worked in a range of leadership roles at the bill & melinda gates foundation including director of agricultural development , director of financial services , leader of the strategic opportunities initiative and manager of the foundation 's $ 1.5 billion commitment to the vaccine fund .
after stepping down from usaid in early 2015 , raj shah joined georgetown university 's school of foreign service -lrb- sfs -rrb- faculty as a distinguished fellow .
in this role , he works closely with steven radelet , director of georgetown 's global human development program , a full-time two-year master of arts degree for students pursuing a career in international development .
