Carl Gershman
President of the National Endowment for Democracy · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1943 · age 83
Carl Gershman served from 1984 to 2021 as the founding president of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, congressionally-funded, grant-making institution that supports non-governmental groups working for democracy around the world.
Carl Gershman is read about 23 times a day, in 7 languages.
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During his presidency, NED's annual congressional appropriation grew from $18.5 million in 1984 to $300 million a year in 2021, when it funded nearly 2,000 projects in 100 countries.
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United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83
