JUSTICE OFFICIAL NEW DEPUTY MAYOR.Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. announced the appointment Friday of a high-ranking Justice Department official as his new deputy mayor for homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and public safety. Arif Alikhan, a senior official in the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., will oversee the mayor's plans on public safety and serve as a liaison with the federal government on public safety, homeland preparedness, emergency responsiveness and counterterrorism coun·ter·ter·ror adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism: counterterror measures; counterterror weapons. n. Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism. policy. A native of Diamond Bar, Alikhan said he is looking forward to returning to the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area after nine years in Washington. He is scheduled to begin in his new post in November. He succeeds Deputy Mayor Maurice Suh Maurice Suh, former Deputy Mayor of Homeland Security and Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles, is an American attorney. Suh was born on October 14, 1964 in Bronxville. , who is returning to a private law practice. Alikhan will be paid more than $93,000 a year in his new job. ``Arif Alikhan is a prosecutor with results,'' Villaraigosa said. ``He brings to this critical role a breadth and depth of experience that will serve our city well.'' Alikhan served as the first section chief of the cyber and intellectual property crimes section in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, developing a team that aggressively prosecuted computer hackers, Internet thieves and intellectual property offenses. In Washington, he has served as an adviser to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales For the New York Yankees infielder, see . Alberto Gonzales (born August 4 1955) is an American jurist who served as the 80th Attorney General of the United States. Gonzales was appointed to the post in February 2005 by President George W. Bush. on intellectual property issues. Gonzales issued a statement crediting Alikhan for increasing the effectiveness of law enforcement in tracking and prosecuting cyber crimes. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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