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{{Short description|American attorney and lobbyist}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Frank Fahrenkopf
|image=Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. speaks at a press conference.jpg
[[File:Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. speaks at a press conference.jpg|thumb|right|caption=Fahrenkopf speaks at a press conference in [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]] in 1988]]▼
|office = Chair of the [[Republican National Committee]]
|alongside = [[Paul Laxalt]] (1983–1987)
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==Early life and education==
Fahrenkopf was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], on August 28, 1939.<ref name="CPI">{{cite web |url=http://www.buyingofthepresident.org/index.php/archives/reports/605/ |title=Reports and Other Projects - Private Parties - Republican National Committee Chairmen |publisher=Center for Public Integrity |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831070441/http://www.buyingofthepresident.org/index.php/archives/reports/605/ |archive-date=2010-08-31 }}</ref> He is a 1958 graduate of [[Reno High School]]. In 1962, heFahrenkopf graduated from the [[University of Nevada, Reno]], where he was a member of [[Alpha Tau Omega]] fraternity. In 1965 he graduated from the [[Boalt Hall School of Law]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].
 
==Career==
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===RNC===
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[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C50558 (cropped3).jpg|thumb|right|Fahrenkopf with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1988]]
 
▲[[File:Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. speaks at a press conference.jpg|thumb|right|Fahrenkopf speaks at a press conference in [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]] in 1988]]
In January 1983, Fahrenkopf was elected chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]]. [[Betty Heitman]] of [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], served as his co-chairwoman from 1983 to 1987. In 1983, Fahrenkopf was a founder of the [[National Endowment for Democracy]], where he served as vice chairman and a board member from 1983 to 1993. In 1984, he founded the [[International Republican Institute]], on which he continues to serve as a board member. In 1986 he co-founded the Commission on Presidential Debates with [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman [[Paul G. Kirk]].
 
Fahrenkopf served for many years as chairman of the Pacific Democrat Union and vice chairman of the [[International Democrat Union]], a worldwide association of conservative political parties from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia and twenty other nations.
 
In 1985, Fahrenkopf was again hired by the firm [[Hogan & Hartson]], as a "special partner", where he was paid at least $100,000 a year. While RNC head, he also worked for two Nevada law firms, and was a director of First Republic Bank Corporation of California.<ref name="CPI"/>
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In 1989, Fahrenkopf became a full partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Hogan & Hartson, where he chaired the International Trade Practice Group. On June 1, 1995, he became the [[American Gaming Association]]'s first chief executive. He is a member of the board of directors of the [[International Republican Institute]].<ref>[http://www.iri.org/learn-more-about-iri/board-directors-and-officers International Republican Institute web site, accessed July 16, 2010.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428062156/http://www.iri.org/learn-more-about-iri/board-directors-and-officers |date=April 28, 2010 }}</ref>
 
Fahrenkopf serves as the co-chair of the [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] .<ref>[https://www.debates.org/about-cpd/commission-leadership/ Commission on Presidential Debates]</ref>
 
Fahrenkopf also sits on the board of directors of six New York Stock Exchange public companies: First Republic Bank, Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc., Gabelli Utility Trust, Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust, Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, and Gabelli Gold and Natural Resources.
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He has also been a frequent commentator on political and gaming issues on such news television programs as Crossfire, Inside Politics, Meet The Press, Hardball, Face the Nation, The Today Show, This Week and Good Morning America.<ref name="IOP"/>
 
In Fall of 2014, Fahrenkopf was a Fellow at the [[Harvard Institute of Politics]] at the [[Harvard Kennedy School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iop.harvard.edu/frank-fahrenkopf|title = Frank Fahrenkopf}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
 
Fahrenkopf and his wife, the former Mary Bandoni, have three daughters: Allison, theVice DeputyPresident Administratorand of the [[U.S.Associate General ServicesCounsel, Administration]]PMI and former Washington, D.C.,North attorneyAmerica; Leslie, former associate White House Counsel to President George W. Bush; and Amy, a physician and President of HSS Health at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He is an avid golfer, tennis player and sports enthusiast.<ref name="IOP"/>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509185623/http://www.americangaming.org/About/bios/bio_fahrenkopf.cfm Staff Bio] at American Gaming Association website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111220111743/http://www.gspm.gwu.edu/councilamericanpolitics The Council on American Politics at GW's Graduate School of Political Management]
*{{C-SPAN|Frank Fahrenkopf2101}}
 
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