The co-founder of the Heritage Foundation Edwin J. Feulner dies at 83 years in Virginia

Edwin J. Feulner, an eminent figure of the American conservative movement and co-founder and former president of the Heritage Foundation, died Friday at the age of 83.

Feulner was president of the organization from 1977 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2018. He was well known for having transformed the reflection group formerly obstructing one of the most influential political powers of Washington, DC

He was his oldest president after helping to create the Washington -based reflection group, DC in 1973.

“Ed Feulner was more than a leader – he was a visionary, a manufacturer and a patriot of the best order,” said heritage president Kevin Roberts and the chairman of the board of directors, Barb Van Andel -Gaby, in a joint statement. “His unshakable love of the country and his determination to protect the principles that have made America the most free and prosperous nation in human history has shaped each fiber of the conservative movement – and do it again.”

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The co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, Edwin J. Feulner, died at the age of 83. (Getty Images)

The group had organized Project 2025, a controversial initiative that offered right -wing policy recommendations for the second Trump administration. Feulner co-wrote the initiative thereafter and he and Roberts met President Donald Trump before last year’s elections. Feulner was also part of Trump’s transition team before his first mandate.

Under its leadership, heritage has established a new model for the defense of conservative policies. This helped shape the reforms of the Reagan era and pushed the market -based ideas in the dominant political current. Feulner remained active by the 2025 project and a transition plan for a second term Trump which attracts praise and criticism for its hard line policy proposals.

Author of nine books and former assistant to the congress, he also participated in various other conservative organizations.

Edwin J. Feulner, co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, was president of the organization from 1977 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2018. (Getty Images)

“Whether he brings together the different corners of the conservative movement during the meetings of the Philadelphia Society, or to launch what is now the forum of the heritage strategy, ED defended a” audacious great tension “, wrote Roberts and Andel-Gaby. “He also believed, not subtraction. Unity, not uniformity. One of his favorite mantras was” you gain by multiplication and add, not by division and subtraction “. His inheritance is not only the institution he built, but the movement he helped to grow – a movement rooted in faith, family, freedom and foundation.

“His” feulnerisms “always resonate in heritage rooms – where they will always be in the memories.” People are politicians “, for example – the heart rate of his mission – to equip, encourage and raise a new generation of conservative leaders, not only in Washington, but through this great country,” continued the declaration. “And we still remember his adjuration Discouraged: “In Washington, there are no permanent victories and no permanent defeat.” “

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Edwin J. Feulner is survived by his wife Lina, as well as their children and grandchildren. (Getty Images)

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Roberts and Andel-Gaby have sworn to honor the life of Feulner by “advancing his mission with courage, integrity and determination”.

“Thank you for showing us what a faithful and fearless man can do when he refuses to give in to the field in the fight for government autonomy,” the leaders said about Feulner.

The heritage has not revealed the cause of death of Feulner.

Feulner is survived by his wife Lina, as well as their children and grandchildren.