Huma Mahmood Abedin (Urdu: هما محمود عابدين) (born 1976) is a deputy chief of staff and aide to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. She served as traveling chief of staff and "body woman" for Clinton during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Personal life
* 4 ReferEarly life
Abedin was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. When she was two, her family moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Both her parents were educators. Her father, Syed Zainul Abedin, was born in pre-partition India (present day Pakistan), and was an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University and an Islamic scholar. He died when she was 17.Her Pakistani mother, Saleha Mahmood Abedin, PhD, is an associate professor of sociology at Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah.Abedin returned to the U.S. to attend George Washington University.
Career
Abedin began working as an intern for the White House in 1996 and was assigned to Hillary Rodham Clinton. She currently works for Clinton, now Secretary of State, at the State Department. In 2010, Abedin was included in Time's "40 under 40, a list of a "new generation of civic leaders" and "rising stars of American politics
Personal life
Abedin is a practicing Muslim, and speaks English, Urdu and Arabic.
Abedin married then-Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) on July 10, 2010. Former President Bill Clinton presided at the wedding, which took place at the Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York on Long Island.
In June 2011, Abedin became the subject of widespread media attention amid her husband's Twitter photo scandal. In the press conference where he admitted the online sexual conversations, Weiner said he had revealed his online relationships to his wife before their marriage. Regarding the new revelations, Weiner said, "She was very unhappy, she was very disappointed, and she told me as much. And she also told me that she loved me and we're going to get through this."
As of June 2011 Abedin was in the early stages of pregnancy.
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