Mark Dubowitz
South African attorney and venture capitalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mark Dubowitz (born 11 September 1968) is a South African-born Canadian-American attorney and former venture capitalist, currently serving as CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a non-profit think-tank and lobbying institute part of the Israel lobby in the United States, that advocates for hawkish foreign policy.[1][2][3][4] He is a proponent of sanctions against Iran[5] and was a leading critic of the Iran nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. According to The New York Times, “Mark Dubowitz’s campaign to draw attention to what he saw as the flaws in the Iran nuclear deal has taken its place among the most consequential ever undertaken by a Washington think tank leader.” [2]
Mark Dubowitz | |
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Born | (1968-09-11) 11 September 1968 (age 55) South Africa |
Occupation | CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
Education | Johns Hopkins University (MA) University of Toronto (JD, MBA) |
He was a leading critic of the Iran nuclear agreement, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, but then tried to save it after President Trump withdrew from the agreement according to his own account.[2]