Peter Navarro
American economist and author, Trump advisor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Kent Navarro (born July 15, 1949) is an American economist and author. He works in the Trump administration as the Assistant to the President, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, and the national Defense Production Act policy coordinator.
Peter Navarro | |
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Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy | |
In office April 29, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
Director of the National Trade Council | |
In office January 20, 2017 – April 29, 2017 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Office dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Kent Navarro (1949-07-15) July 15, 1949 (age 75) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Republican (1989–1991, 2018–present) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (before 1986, 1994–2018) Independent (1986–1989, 1991–1994) |
Education | Tufts University (BA) Harvard University (MPA, PhD) |
He was a Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House National Trade Council, a newly created job in the executive branch of the U.S. government.
He is also a professor emeritus of economics and public policy at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, and the author of Death by China.[1]
After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump refused to concede, Navarro advanced conspiracy theories of election fraud and in February 2022 was subpoenaed twice by Congress. One subpoena required him to produce documents to the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack; the other subpoena required him to give testimony to the committee.[2] Navarro refused to comply, effectively ignoring both subpoenas, and was referred to the Justice Department. On June 2, 2022, a grand jury indicted him on two counts of contempt of Congress.[3] On September 7, 2023, he was convicted on both counts,[4] and on January 25, 2024, he was sentenced to four months in jail and fined $9,500.[5]