What is Ajit Pai?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ajit Pai |image = Ajit V. Pai headshot.jpg |office = [[List of chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission|Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission]] |president = [[Donald Trump]] |term_start = January 23, 2017 |term_end = January 20, 2021 |predecessor = [[Tom Wheeler]] |successor = [[Jessica Rosenworcel]] |office1 = Member of the [[Federal Communications Commission]] |president1 = [[Barack Obama]]<br>[[Donald Trump]] |term_start1 = May 14, 2012 |term_end1 = January 20, 2021 |predecessor1 = [[Meredith Attwell Baker]] |successor1 = ''Vacant'' |birth_name = Ajit Varadaraj Pai |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|1|10}} |birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S. |alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])}}<br>[[University of Chicago Law School|University of Chicago]] {{small|([[Juris Doctorate|JD]])}} |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = {{marriage|Janine Van Lancker|2010|}} |children = 2 }} '''Ajit Varadaraj Pai''' (born January 10, 1973) is an American attorney. He served as the Chairman of the United States [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) from 2017 to 2021. He is the first [[Indian American]] to hold the office. ==Early life== Pai was born in [[Buffalo, New York]]. He was raised in [[Parsons, Kansas|Parsons]], [[Kansas]]. Pai studied at [[Harvard University]] and at the [[University of Chicago]]. ==Early political career== He has served in various positions at the FCC since being appointed to the commission by President [[Barack Obama]] in May 2012, at the recommendation of [[Mitch McConnell]]. He was confirmed unanimously by the [[United States Senate]] on May 7, 2012, and was sworn in on May 14, 2012, for a five-year term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trumps-fcc-tom-wheeler-to-be-replaced-set-top-box-reform-could-be-dead/ |title=Trump's FCC: Tom Wheeler to