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David Steinman  

Democracy Promotion Expert

David Steinman was a consulting expert to the U.S. National Security Council regarding the overthrow of Haiti’s notorious “Baby Doc” Duvalier and helped shape U.S. democracy promotion policy during the Reagan administration. He later coordinated private support for Southeast Asian anti-Communist resistance movements.

Mr. Steinman served as senior foreign adviser to Ethiopia's democracy movement for 27 years until its 2018 victory. He co-planned Ethiopia’s 2005 civil resistance and election campaign, voted that year’s “Most Important African Event” in a BBC poll, which inspired Money, Blood and Conscience.

In December 2020, Mr. Steinman filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court that exposed World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom's crimes against humanity as an Ethiopian official. The news was featured on the London Times' front page and went viral.

Steinman is the author of an acclaimed historical thriller about Ethiopia's demcoracy revolution. His nonfiction writing in the Washington Post, Forbes.com and New York Times revealed the Ethiopian dictatorship’s theft of thirty billion dollars from famine victims and hidden genocide. He has been quoted in the Daily Mail, The National Review, De Telegraaf, and hundreds of online media outlets.

David Steinman has a degree in Economics from the Wharton School. He was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.

Speech Topics


Ethiopia’s Future

Did Tedros Adhanom Conspire with China to Downplay the Covid Outbreak? (Alternate title: The Truth About Tedros Adhanom)

Free the World: Prospects for Global Democracy

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