1. Adam Michael Hasner was born on November 25,1969 and is an American attorney and politician who is the eighth and current president of Florida Atlantic University.
20 Facts About Adam Hasner
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Adam Hasner is executive vice president for The Geo Group, a private prison company based in Boca Raton, Florida.
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On February 10,2025 Adam Hasner was selected as next president of FAU.
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Adam Hasner was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
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Adam Hasner earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in 1991, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
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Adam Hasner received his Juris Doctor from Florida State University in 1995.
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Adam Hasner was selected to serve as the Deputy Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives by then-Speaker Marco Rubio in 2007 and promoted by Rubio to Majority Leader later that year.
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Adam Hasner was the first legislator from Palm Beach County to hold the position in more than 50 years, and the first Jewish Republican Majority Leader.
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Since 2007, Adam Hasner profiled himself as a campaigner against radical Islam and Sharia.
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Adam Hasner later warned against Parvez Ahmed, a finance professor at the University of North Florida being appointed to a Human rights Commission, against the Muslim Day at the Florida capitol, and boycotted an appearance by Tampa Imam Qasim Ahmed, who delivered the opening prayer in the House chamber.
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Adam Hasner invited Geert Wilders to hold a speech while screening his film Fitna, and spoke alongside Pamela Geller.
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Adam Hasner has been described as a part of the counter-jihad movement.
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In 2010, Adam Hasner led the House Republican effort demanding the United States Congress pass a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution.
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Adam Hasner is national Co-Chairman of the citizen action group, Pass The Balanced Budget Amendment.
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On February 1,2012, Adam Hasner ended his bid for US Senate to instead run for US House of Representatives in Florida's 22nd Congressional District.
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Adam Hasner announced on February 1,2012, that he would end his campaign for US Senate in Florida and instead run for United States House of Representatives in Florida's 22nd Congressional District, which includes many of the coastal communities of Broward and Palm Beach Counties that he represented in the Florida House of Representatives.
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Adam Hasner was endorsed by US Senator Marco Rubio, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Congressman Allen West.
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Adam Hasner is executive vice president for The Geo Group, a private prison company based in Boca Raton.
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In February 2025, Adam Hasner was appointed to be president of Florida Atlantic University.
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Adam Hasner was hired one week after the trustees approved to increase the salary of the presidential job to between $1 million and $1.5 million.