Paul John Manafort Jr. is an American former lobbyist, political consultant, and attorney, born on April 1, 1949. A long-time Republican Party campaign consultant, he notably chaired the Trump presidential campaign from June to August 2016.
Manafort also served as an adviser to the U.S. presidential campaigns of Republicans Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.
W. Bush, and Bob Dole. In 1980, he co-founded the Washington, D.
C.-based lobbying firm Black, Manafort & Stone with Charles R. Black Jr.