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Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld
(born July 9, 1932) is an
American
politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th
Secretary of Defense
from 1975 to 1977 under President
Gerald Ford
, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President
George W. Bush
. He is both the youngest and the second oldest (after Leon Panetta) person to have served as Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a three-term
U.S. Congressman
from
Illinois
(1963–1969), Director of the
Office of Economic Opportunity
(1969–1970), Counsellor to the President (1969–1973), the
United States Permanent Representative to NATO
(1973–1974), and
White House Chief of Staff
(1974–1975).
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