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New General Authority Seventy Is Called

Elder Alexander Dushku will be sustained at the October 2023 general conference

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The First Presidency has called Alexander Dushku to be a General Authority Seventy. Elder Dushku will be sustained at the October 2023 general conference.

Elder Dushku received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Brigham Young University in 1990 and a Juris Doctor degree from Brigham Young University Law School in 1993. He has worked as an attorney for Kirton McConkie since 1996.

The new Church leader’s prior ecclesiastical service includes full-time missionary in the Portugal Lisbon Mission, elders quorum president, bishopric counselor, high councilor, bishop and stake president.

Elder Dushku was born in Fairfield, California, on November 17, 1966. He married Jennifer Burnham in 1988. They have eight children.

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