Frank Carlucci

Frank Carlucci
Official portrait, 1987
16th United States Secretary of Defense
In office
November 23, 1987 – January 20, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
DeputyWilliam Taft
Preceded byCaspar Weinberger
Succeeded byDick Cheney
14th United States National Security Advisor
In office
December 2, 1986 – November 23, 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
DeputyPeter Rodman
Colin Powell
Preceded byJohn Poindexter
Succeeded byColin Powell
19th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
In office
February 4, 1981 – December 31, 1982
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byGraham Claytor
Succeeded byPaul Thayer
13th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
In office
February 10, 1978 – February 5, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Preceded byJohn F. Blake
Succeeded byBobby Inman
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office
January 24, 1975 – February 5, 1978
PresidentGerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Preceded byStuart Scott
Succeeded byRichard Bloomfield
4th Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity
In office
January 1971 – December 1972
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byDonald Rumsfeld
Succeeded byPhillip V. Sanchez
Personal details
Born
Frank Charles Carlucci III

(1930-10-18)October 18, 1930
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 3, 2018(2018-06-03) (aged 87)
McLean, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery[1]
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Jean Anthony
(m. 1954; div. 1974)
Marcia Myers
(m. 1976)
Children3
EducationPrinceton University (AB)
Harvard University (MBA)
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Years of service1952–1954
RankLieutenant

Frank Charles Carlucci III GCIH (/ˌkɑːrˈli/ kar-LOO-chee; October 18, 1930 – June 3, 2018) was an American politician who served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989 in the administration of President Ronald Reagan.[2][3] He was the first Italian American to serve in that position.

Carlucci served in a variety of senior-level governmental positions, including Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Nixon administration, Deputy Director of the CIA in the Carter administration, and Deputy Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor in the Reagan administration.

  1. ^ Frank Carlucci III Notice
  2. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR FRANK CHARLES CARLUCCI III" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. April 1, 1997. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Frank C. Carlucci – Ronald Reagan Administration". Office of the Secretary of Defense – Historical Office. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.