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==Background==

==Biographical Information==
===History===

===Current activities===

==Views==

==Affiliations==
== Positions held ==

*Former executive director, [[College Republicans]], 1981-83
*Former executive director of [[National Taxpayers Union]], 1981-83
*Former economist and chief speechwriter, [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]], 1983-1984
*Former economic advisor to [[Jonas Savimbi]], UNITA (Angola). "During the eighties, l was very active with the Afghan resistance, and in Mozambique and Angola," Norquist told an interviewer. "Did a lot of political training for the [[Krieble Institute]] in Europe. I've been to all the Eastern European countries. I've just been to Japan for the founding of Japanese for Tax Reform."[http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1571/n3_v14/20174381/p4/article.jhtml]
*Adviser to the Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party [[Michael Forsyth]], 1989.
*[[Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation]] Director
*Founder and president, [[Americans for Tax Reform]] (1985-present), which was originally organized by [[Bill Barr]] with prompting from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] White House to rally grassroots support for the 1986 Tax Reform Act.[http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9326]
*Helped the [[Heritage Foundation]] draft then-Rep. [[Newt Gingrich]]'s [[Contract With America]] in 1994
*Campaign staff member on the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Republican Platform Committee
*Keynote speaker, 1995 National Conference on School Choice
*Author of a book about the GOP movement called [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0964578603 Rock the House] (VYTIS Publishing Company; 2nd edition (November 1995)
*Commissioner on the National Commission Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service, a congressional advisory commission, from 1996-1997
*Director, [http://www.aoctp.org/gnorquist.shtml Association of Concerned Taxpayers] (AOCT)
*President, [[Americans Against a National Sales Tax]]
*National leader of the "No New Taxes" pledge for political candidates
*Chairman Emeritus of the [[Islamic Institute]]
*Lobbyist for [[Microsoft]] [http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JF98/silverstein.html]
*Member, board of directors, [[National Rifle Association]] [http://www.nrawinningteam.com/bios00/norquist.html]
*Member, board of directors, [[American Conservative Union]] [http://www.conservative.org/pressroom/speakers/norquist.asp]
*Member, [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (2001). [http://www.namebase.org/xnoe/Grover-Glenn-Norquist.html]
*Former member, board of directors, [[Council for National Policy]]
*Member, board of directors, [[National Federation of Republican Assemblies]] (NFRA)
*President, [[District of Columbia Republican Assembly]], D.C.'s NFRA affiliate
*Member, board of advisors, [[TheVanguard.Org]]
*President of the Advisory Board, [[Ronald Reagan Legacy Project]] (RRLP)
*Member, Board of Directors, [http://www.yorktownuniversity.com/directors.html Yorktown University]
*Consultant for [[Janus-Merritt Strategies]], a lobbying firm
*Serves on the executive council of the [[Tax Relief Coalition]]
*Norquist also writes a monthly politics column for the [[American Enterprise Institute]] Magazine
*Advisory Board, [[U.S.-Ukraine Foundation]] <ref>[http://www.usukraine.org/board.shtml USUF Board of Directors and Advisory Board], U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, accessed August 17, 2008.</ref>

==Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes==
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 *Member, board of directors, [[National Rifle Association]] <ref>'WASHINGTON, D.C.', [http://www.nrawinningteam.com/bios00/norquist.html NRA: The Winning Team website]</ref>
 *Member, board of directors, [[American Conservative Union]] <ref>'Speakers Bureau - Grover G. Norquist', [http://www.conservative.org/pressroom/speakers/norquist.asp American Conservative Union website]</ref>
-*Member, [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (2001). [http://www.namebase.org/xnoe/Grover-Glenn-Norquist.html]
+*Member, [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (2001). <ref>'Grover Norquist', [http://www.nndb.com/people/482/000049335/ NNDB website], accessed 1 April, 2009.</ref>
 *Former member, board of directors, [[Council for National Policy]]
 *Member, board of directors, [[National Federation of Republican Assemblies]] (NFRA)

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 *Campaign staff member on the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Republican Platform Committee
 *Keynote speaker, 1995 National Conference on School Choice
-*Author of a book about the GOP movement called 'Rock the House' <ref>'Amazon book listing - 'Rock the House'' (VYTIS Publishing Company; 2nd edition (November 1995), [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0964578603 Amazon website], accessed 1 April, 2009.</ref>
+*Author of a book about the GOP movement called 'Rock the House' <ref>Amazon book listing - 'Rock the House' (VYTIS Publishing Company; 2nd edition (November 1995), [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0964578603 Amazon website], accessed 1 April, 2009.</ref>
 *Commissioner on the National Commission Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service, a congressional advisory commission, from 1996-1997
 *Director, Association of Concerned Taxpayers <ref>'Meet Grover Norquist, Director
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 *Norquist also writes a monthly politics column for the [[American Enterprise Institute]] Magazine
 *Advisory Board, [[U.S.-Ukraine Foundation]] <ref>[http://www.usukraine.org/board.shtml USUF Board of Directors and Advisory Board], U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, accessed August 17, 2008.</ref>
 ==Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes==

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 *Former executive director of [[National Taxpayers Union]], 1981-83
 *Former economist  and chief speechwriter, [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]], 1983-1984
-*Former economic advisor to [[Jonas Savimbi]], UNITA (Angola). "During the eighties, l was very active with the Afghan resistance, and in Mozambique and Angola," Norquist told an interviewer. "Did a lot of political training for the [[Krieble Institute]] in Europe. I've been to all the Eastern European countries. I've just been to Japan for the founding of Japanese for Tax Reform."[http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1571/n3_v14/20174381/p4/article.jhtml]
+*Former economic advisor to [[Jonas Savimbi]], UNITA (Angola). "During the eighties, l was very active with the Afghan resistance, and in Mozambique and Angola," Norquist told an interviewer. "Did a lot of political training for the [[Krieble Institute]] in Europe. I've been to all the Eastern European countries. I've just been to Japan for the founding of Japanese for Tax Reform." <ref>John Berlau, 'Grover Norquist takes on the tyranny of federal taxation', [http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1571/n3_v14/20174381/p4/article.jhtml BNET website], 26 January, 1998.</ref>
 *Adviser to the Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party [[Michael Forsyth]], 1989.
 *[[Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation]] Director

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 *Adviser to the Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party [[Michael Forsyth]], 1989.
 *[[Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation]] Director
-*Founder and president, [[Americans for Tax Reform]] (1985-present), which was originally organized by [[Bill Barr]] with prompting from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] White House to rally grassroots support for the 1986 Tax Reform Act.[http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9326]
+*Founder and president, [[Americans for Tax Reform]] (1985-present), which was originally organised by [[Bill Barr]] with prompting from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] White House to rally grassroots support for the 1986 Tax Reform Act. <ref>'Americans for Tax Reform', [http://web.archive.org/web/20030419085041/http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9326 web.archive.org/People for the American Way website], accessed 1 April, 2009.</ref>
 *Helped the [[Heritage Foundation]] draft then-Rep. [[Newt Gingrich]]'s [[Contract With America]] in 1994
 *Campaign staff member on the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Republican Platform Committee
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 *Author of a book about the GOP movement called 'Rock the House' <ref>'Amazon book listing - 'Rock the House'' (VYTIS Publishing Company; 2nd edition (November 1995), [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0964578603 Amazon website], accessed 1 April, 2009.</ref>
 *Commissioner on the National Commission Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service, a congressional advisory commission, from 1996-1997
-*Director, [http://www.aoctp.org/gnorquist.shtml Association of Concerned Taxpayers] (AOCT)
+*Director, Association of Concerned Taxpayers <ref>'Meet Grover Norquist, Director
 *President, [[Americans Against a National Sales Tax]]
 *National leader of the "No New Taxes" pledge for political candidates
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 *Member, board of advisors, [[TheVanguard.Org]]
 *President of the Advisory Board, [[Ronald Reagan Legacy Project]] (RRLP)
-*Member, Board of Directors,  [http://www.yorktownuniversity.com/directors.html Yorktown University]
+*Member, Board of Directors, Yorktown University <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050313030006/http://www.yorktownuniversity.com/directors.html web.archive.org/Yorktown University website], accessed 1 April, 2009.</ref>
 *Consultant for [[Janus-Merritt Strategies]], a lobbying firm
 *Serves on the executive council of the [[Tax Relief Coalition]]