Institutional-Transition

Ed Feulner Returns as Heritage Foundation Interim President After DeMint Ousted for Management Failures

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Ed Feulner, who had retired as Heritage Foundation president in 2013 after 36 years of leadership, returned as interim president and CEO on May 2, 2017, after Heritage’s Board of Trustees unanimously forced out Jim DeMint due to “significant and worsening management issues” that …

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Putin's Transition from KGB to St. Petersburg Government: Early Regulatory Personnel Shift

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In May 1990, Vladimir Putin transitioned from active KGB service to local government, becoming an international affairs advisor to St. Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. This pivotal moment marked a complex personnel migration from intelligence services into emerging democratic administrative roles, …

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