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Becoming president of The Heritage Foundation is “like coming home,” says Jim DeMint, who rose from modest South Carolina roots and a career in marketing to build and lead a resurgent conservative caucus in the U.S. Senate. Heritage’s public policy research, DeMint says, informed him as a citizen and inspired his entry into politics and government.

On April 4, 2013, DeMint succeeded Edwin J. Feulner as president of the leading think tank. After stepping down from the Senate seat to which South Carolinians twice elected him, DeMint functioned as president-elect of Heritage in a three-month transition. Feulner, president since 1977, was a founding trustee in 1974.

“I’m humbled to follow in the footsteps of Ed Feulner, who built the most important conservative institution in the nation,” DeMint said during the transition. “He has been a friend and mentor for years and I am honored to carry on his legacy of fighting for freedom.

“Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis,” DeMint added. “Our polic

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Jim DeMint

American politician (born 1951)

Jim DeMint
DeMint in 2005
In office April 4, 2013 – May 2, 2017
Preceded by	Edwin Feulner
Succeeded by	Edwin Feulner
In office January 3, 2005 – January 2, 2013
Preceded by	Fritz Hollings
Succeeded by	Tim Scott
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Bob Inglis
Succeeded by	Bob Inglis
Born	James Warren DeMint (1951-09-02) September 2, 1951 (age 73) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Debbie Henderson (m. 1973)
Children	4
Education	University of Tennessee (BA) Clemson University (MBA)

James Warren DeMint (born September 2, 1951) is an American businessman, author, and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina and as president of The Heritage Foundation. A leading figure in the Tea Party movement, DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and is the founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund.

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Jim DeMint

James Warren „Jim“ DeMint (* 2. September1951 in Greenville, South Carolina) ist ein US-amerikanischerPolitiker. Er ist Mitglied der Republikanischen Partei, war von 1999 bis 2005 Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten und von 2005 an für South Carolina im Senat der Vereinigten Staaten. Am 1. Januar 2013 trat er als Senator zurück und wurde Präsident der Heritage Foundation, eines konservativen Think Tanks. Am 2. Mai 2017 wurde er vom Kuratorium der Heritage Foundation, nachdem Managementprobleme zutage traten, nach einstimmigem Beschluss als deren Präsident entlassen.^[1] Später wurde er leitender Berater von Citizens for Self-Governance und Gründungsvorsitzender des Conservative Partnership Institute.

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Jim DeMint absolvierte ein Studium der Kommunikationswissenschaften an der University of Tennessee, das er 1973 mit einem Bachelor abschloss. 1981 machte er einen Master of Business Administration an der Clemson University. Er gründete 1983 das Marketingunternehmen DeMint Group,