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US/Secretary of Defense | |
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Flag of the US Secretary of Defense | |
Start | September 19, 1947 |
Leader of | • US/Department/Defense • US/Military |
Deputy | United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Website | http://www.defense.gov/ |
Leader of the US/Department/Defense, US/Military. Boss of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US/Deputy Secretary of Defense. |
Office Holders on Wikispooks
Name | From | To | Description |
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Lloyd Austin | 22 January 2021 | ||
Mark Esper | 23 July 2019 | 9 November 2020 | |
James Mattis | 20 January 2017 | 1 January 2019 | |
Ashton Carter | 17 February 2015 | 20 January 2017 | |
Chuck Hagel | 27 February 2013 | 17 February 2015 | |
Leon Panetta | 1 July 2011 | 27 February 2013 | |
Robert Gates | 18 December 2006 | 1 July 2011 | |
Donald Rumsfeld | 20 January 2001 | 18 December 2006 | |
William Cohen | 24 January 1997 | 20 January 2001 | |
William Perry | 3 February 1994 | 23 January 1997 | |
Les Aspin | 21 January 1993 | 3 February 1994 | |
Dick Cheney | 20 March 1989 | 20 January 1993 | |
Frank Carlucci | 23 November 1987 | 20 January 1989 | College roommate of his fellow US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld |
Caspar Weinberger | 21 January 1981 | 23 November 1987 | |
Harold Brown | 21 January 1977 | 20 January 1981 | |
Donald Rumsfeld | 20 November 1975 | 20 January 1977 | |
James Schlesinger | 2 July 1973 | 19 November 1975 | |
Elliot Richardson | 30 January 1973 | 24 May 1973 | |
Melvin Laird | 21 January 1969 | 29 January 1973 | |
Clark Clifford | 29 February 1968 | 20 January 1969 | |
Robert McNamara | 21 January 1961 | 29 February 1968 | |
Thomas Gates | 2 December 1959 | 20 January 1961 | |
Neil H. McElroy | 9 October 1957 | 1 December 1959 | |
Charles E. Wilson | 20 January 1953 | 8 October 1957 | |
Robert A. Lovett | 17 September 1951 | 20 January 1953 | |
George Marshall | 21 September 1950 | 12 September 1951 | |
Louis A. Johnson | 28 March 1949 | 19 September 1950 | |
James Forrestal | 17 September 1947 | 28 March 1949 |
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