First Presidency calls Alexander Dushku to serve as a General Authority Seventy

The new leader will be sustained during October 2023 general conference

15 Aug 2023, 9:07 AM MDT

Elder Alexander Dushku has been called as a General Authority Seventy. — Elder Alexander Dushku has been called as a General Authority Seventy by the First Presidency, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on Aug. 15, 2023. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

By Sarah Jane Weaver

Sarah Jane Weaver is editor of the Deseret News.

The First Presidency has called Alexander Dushku to be a General Authority Seventy. Elder Dushku will be sustained at the October 2023 general conference, according to an announcement posted on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Elder Dushku graduated in economics from Brigham Young University in 1990 and from BYU Law School in 1993. He has worked as an attorney for Kirton McConkie since 1996.

Before his call as a General Authority Seventy, Elder Dushku served as elders quorum president, bishopric counselor, high councilor, bishop and stake president, and as a full-time missionary in the Portugal Lisbon Mission, according to the announcement.

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