Mark Dubowitz

Mark Dubowitz
Born (1968-09-11) 11 September 1968 (age 56)
South Africa
OccupationCEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
EducationJohns Hopkins University (MA)
University of Toronto (JD, MBA)

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]

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]

  1. ^ Kampeas, Ron (July 15, 2015). "Why the Republican Congress Most Likely Cannot Stop the Iran Deal". Haaretz.
  2. ^ a b c "He Was a Tireless Critic of the Iran Deal. Now He Insists He Wanted to Save It". The New York Times. 2018-05-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  3. ^ "FDD | Mark Dubowitz". FDD. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  4. ^ Jett, Dennis C. (2017), The Iran Nuclear Deal: Bombs, Bureaucrats, and Billionaires, Springer, p. 85, ISBN 9783319598222
  5. ^ "U.S. Senators Pushing for Tougher Sanctions on Iran, to the Point of Bankruptcy". Haaretz. Associated Press. November 9, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2016.