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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
|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,
==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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==Personal life==
Fahrenkopf and his wife, the former Mary Bandoni, have three daughters: Allison,
==References==
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*[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]
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