Maju Varghese quits as director of the White House Military Office

Indian-origin Maju Varghese is leaving his position as the director of the White House Military Office, he said Friday.

Varghese served as the director of the White House Military Office for two and half years.

He had also worked for former President Barack Obama as a special assistant to the president and the deputy director of advance organizing his travel in the US and abroad.

He was also the executive director of Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’s inauguration – the swearing-in ceremonies and the festivities around it.

In a tweet, Varghese said: Overcome with lots of emotion today as a 2.5-year journey comes to a close. Grateful to have served @POTOS and for the friendships that were forged in the tough days of the early primaries, when we were counted out but bounced back to win it all.”

Overcome with lots of emotion today as a 2.5 year journey comes to a close. Grateful to have served @POTUS and for the friendships that were forged in the tough days of the early primaries,when we were counted out but bounced back to win it all. https://t.co/2Qdm1C5d1g
— Maju Varghese (@moojv77) January 22, 2022

A lawyer by training, Varghese was born in the US to parents who immigrated from India’s Thiruvalla, Kerala. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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