Robert Wilkie

Robert Wilkie
Official portrait, 2018
10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
In office
July 30, 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyJames Byrne
Pamela J. Powers (acting)
Preceded byDavid Shulkin
Succeeded byDenis McDonough
Acting
March 28, 2018 – May 29, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyThomas G. Bowman
Preceded byDavid Shulkin
Succeeded byPeter O'Rourke (acting)
8th Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
In office
November 30, 2017 – July 30, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJessica L. Wright
Succeeded byMatthew Donovan
25th Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
In office
September 29, 2006 – January 19, 2009
Acting: January 31, 2006 – September 29, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byDan Stanley
Succeeded byElizabeth King
Personal details
Born
Robert Leon Wilkie Jr.

(1962-08-02) August 2, 1962 (age 62)
Frankfurt, West Germany
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJulia Wilkie
EducationWake Forest University (BA)
Loyola University New Orleans (JD)
Georgetown University (LLM)
United States Army War College (MS)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy Reserve
United States Air Force Reserve
Rank Colonel

Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. (born August 2, 1962)[1] is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2018 to 2021, during the Trump administration.[2][3][4] He was previously Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness during the Trump administration, from November 2017 to July 2018.[5] A Naval intelligence officer in the Reserve, he was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs in the administration of President George W. Bush.

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  2. ^ "President Trump announces he's nominating Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to lead agency". May 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Summers, Juana (July 23, 2018). "Senate confirms new secretary of veterans affairs". CNN. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Ebbs, Stephanie (July 30, 2018). "Robert Wilkie sworn in as new Veterans Affairs secretary". ABC News.
  5. ^ "Fayetteville native Robert Wilkie confirmed by unanimous consent by U.S. Senate". The Fayetteville Observer. November 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.