Tom Malinowski

Tom Malinowski was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2018, representing New Jersey's 7th district. Career outline in reverse chronological order: He served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in the Obama Administration from April 3, 2014 to January 20, 2017. From 2001 to 2013, he was the Washington director for Human Rights Watch, an international NGO which conduct research and advocacy on human rights. From 1998 to 2001, Malinowski served as senior director on the National Security Council at the White House, where he oversaw the drafting of President Bill Clinton's foreign policy speeches and strategic communications efforts around the world. He began his government career as a special assistant for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 1988. After attending Oxford, Malinowski worked for the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria, and later as a research assistant for the Ford Foundation in 1993. From 1994 to 1998, Malinowski was a speechwriter for secretaries of state Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright, as well as a member of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State.