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Dilawar Syed: Senate Confirms Highest-Ranking Muslim in US Govt

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Dilawar Syed as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, making him the highest-ranking Muslim official in the US government.

President Joe Biden had first nominated the Pakistani-born businessman to the position in March 2021, and he re-nominated him this year in the new Congress, AP reported.

โ€œHonored by the bipartisan support for my confirmation in the U.S. Senate,โ€ he wrote on Twitter.

โ€œEnergized to serve millions of small businesses at @SBAgov and lift communities in partnership with @SBAIsabel. Itโ€™s been the greatest privilege to represent America on the global stage at @StateDept.โ€

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Syedโ€™s nomination stalled in committee last Congress after Republicans repeatedly failed to appear for votes. Thursdayโ€™s vote ended more than two years of blockade by Republicans in the last Congress.

Syed was confirmed 54-42.

Last year, Biden picked eight judicial nominees, including Nusrat Choudhury who would be the first Muslim woman to serve as a federal judge.

He also nominated Rashad Hussain to be the first Muslim US ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom.