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Mark Palmer
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Mark Palmer

United States diplomat (1941–2013)

Robie Marcus Hooker Palmer (July 14, 1941 – January 28, 2013) was an American diplomat, who served as United States Ambassador to Hungary from 1986 to 1990. He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Committee on the Present Danger, Vice Chairman of Freedom House and the Council for a Community of Democracies.2

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Born Jul 14, 1941, died Jan 28, 2013.1

About

He was also the co-founder of the National Endowment for Democracy.

He established in 2000 the association The Friends of Falun Gong.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedYale University3

Palmer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated from Vermont Academy in 1959. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1963. Palmer entered the foreign service in 1964.

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Career

Occupation: journalist, diplomat.6

Palmer became a venture capitalist and investor in 1990, and president of his own company. He believed in the potential of business as a force in the transition to democracy. He co-founded Central European Media Enterprises, which financed and launched the first national independent television stations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, and Ukraine with more than $600 million in investment.

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Personal life

  • BornJul 14, 1941, Ann Arbor7
  • DiedJan 28, 2013, Washington, D.C.8
  • CitizenshipUnited States9

Awards

  • 2009Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic10

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