Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Michael Kratsios as the country’s Chief Technology Officer, a post that has been vacant since the beginning of the administration, the White House said.
Kratsios, 32, currently serves as the Deputy US Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy.
Trump will tap Kratsios to be an associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and designate him to be the Chief Technology Officer upon appointment, Xinhua news agency quoted the White House as saying on Thursday.
Kratsios has represented the administration as head of delegation at multiple international fora, including the G7 Technology and Innovation Ministerials in Turin, Italy, and Montreal, Canada, and the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial in Salta, Argentina, the White House said.
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