2010.09.01: September 1, 2010: Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator M. Peter McPherson is a winner of the 2010 annual IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards
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2010.09.01: September 1, 2010: Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator M. Peter McPherson is a winner of the 2010 annual IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards
Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator M. Peter McPherson is a winner of the 2010 annual IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards
Representative David Obey (D-WI), former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator M. Peter McPherson, and Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ziad Baroud are the winners of the 2010 annual IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards. The awards, which recognize extraordinary efforts to advance electoral participation and democratic values, are given yearly to a Republican, a Democrat and a member of the international community to highlight the fact that democracy work transcends political parties and national borders. Peru RPCV Peter McPherson is a former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, former President of Michigan State University, and is now Chairman of the Board of Dow Jones, Publishers of the Wall Street Journal.
Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator M. Peter McPherson is a winner of the 2010 annual IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards
A Senior Democratic U.S. Congressman and Prominent Lebanese Civil Rights Activist Receive Award
Published September 1st, 2010 - 11:21 GMT
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Representative David Obey (D-WI), former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator M. Peter McPherson, and Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ziad Baroud are the winners of the 2010 annual IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards. The awards, which recognize extraordinary efforts to advance electoral participation and democratic values, are given yearly to a Republican, a Democrat and a member of the international community to highlight the fact that democracy work transcends political parties and national borders.
"Those of us who work in elections and democracy promotion could not make the progress we do if it weren't for the individuals who receive this award--people whose support and vision shape the democracy landscape at a global level," says Bill Sweeney, president and CEO of IFES, the world's leading NGO on elections assistance and democracy promotion.
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M. Peter McPherson has promoted democratic values through the many high-profile public positions he has held. Among these are special assistant to President Gerald Ford, head of USAID under President Ronald Reagan, president of Michigan State University from 1993 to 2004, and, currently, as President of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
"Since he began his public service career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru, Mr. McPherson has always taken into account the perspectives of the people he is serving. This quality is one of the many that have made him especially effective in work that prepares the ground for democracy--education and self-empowerment," says Bill Hybl, vice chairman of the IFES Board of Directors.
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