Leonard Leo Elected USCIRF Chairman

Leonard Leo, executive vice president of the Federalist Society and a commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has been named chairman of USCIRF for a year-long term beginning July 1, according to a USCIRF press release yesterday. Michael Cromartie, vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and Elizabeth H. Prodromou, professor of International Relations at Boston University, were re-elected as vice-chairs. Leo ws appointed to USCIRF by President George W. Bush in 2007. Under the International Religious Freedom Act, the chair is elected each year by members of the Commission.