Paul Manafort
| Paul Manafort | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Paul John Manafort Jr. April 1, 1949 New Britain, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS, JD) |
Paul John Manafort Jr. (born April 1, 1949) is an American lobbyist and political consultant. He served as campaign manager for the presidential campaign of Donald Trump in 2016. He was previously an adviser to the U.S. presidential campaigns of Republicans Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bob Dole.
Manafort often lobbied on behalf of controversial foreign leaders such as Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, dictators Ferdinand Marcos and Mobutu Sese Seko, and guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi. He was a senior partner in the firm Davis, Manafort, and Freedman.
Manafort is reportedly under active criminal and counterintelligence investigation by multiple federal agencies for issues related to the Trump campaign as well as financial transactions.
Manafort was born April 1, 1949, in New Britain, Connecticut, the son of Antoinette Marie (née Cifalu) and Paul J. Manafort, Sr. (1923–2013). His grandfather was an Italian who immigrated to the U.S. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1971 with Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and from Georgetown University Law School in 1974 with a Juris Doctor degree. His grandfather James Manafort migrated to the United States from Italy in 1919 and founded construction company Manafort Brothers. His father served with the US Army combat engineers in World War II and was mayor of New Britain from 1965 to 1971.
Between 1977 and 1980 Manafort practiced law with the firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Washington, D.C.
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