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Richard Green Lugar KBE (/ ˈ l u ɡ ər / LOO-gər; April 4, 1932 – April 28, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party. Born in Indianapolis, Lugar graduated from Denison University and the University of Oxford.
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- Principled, Bipartisan Leadership
- A Long-Time Supporter of Peace
Born in Indianapolis in 1932, Richard Green Lugar was elected mayor of Indianapolis at 35. Lugar’s popularity in Indiana led to his 1976 election as a U.S. senator, which began a celebrated 36-year tenure in Washington. He quickly established himself as one of the most influential figures in U.S. foreign policy. Lugar, a Republican, was known who f...
True to his nature as a bipartisan statesman, Lugar achieved his signature accomplishment in tandem with Democratic Senator Sam Nunn. Together, the two crafted the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program to address nuclear disarmament after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Considered one of the most important foreign policy agreements in t...
Senator Lugar, who once said that “a gentle, thoughtful, persuasive, persistent but wise course of action is a winner,” frequently provided support to USIP and its mission. On the Institute’s 20th anniversary, Senator Lugar recognized USIP’s important role in U.S. policy, telling those gathered for the celebration that “peace is not a static concep...
Apr 28, 2019 · April 28, 2019. Richard G. Lugar, who represented Indiana in the Senate for 36 years and whose mastery of foreign affairs made him one of only a handful of senators in modern history to...
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Richard Lugar, the former Indiana senator whose work in pursuit of nuclear nonproliferation helped cement his place as one of the Republican Party's most influential voices on foreign policy,...
May 15, 2019 · May 15, 2019. INDIANAPOLIS — Richard G. Lugar, a six-term senator from Indiana known for expertise in international affairs and a voice incapable of a shout or a slur, was remembered on...
May 1, 2019 · Senator Richard Lugar, a longstanding partner in the Corporation’s international peace and security mission and a recipient of the foundation’s first Nunn-Lugar Award for Promoting Nuclear Security, has died at the age of 87.
Apr 28, 2019 · April 28, 20195:09 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Former Sen. Richard Lugar has died at age 87. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dan Diller, who worked with Sen. Lugar for years....
