Frank Carlucci | |
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16th United States Secretary of Defense | |
In office November 23, 1987 – January 20, 1989 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Deputy | William Taft |
Preceded by | Caspar Weinberger |
Succeeded by | Dick Cheney |
14th United States National Security Advisor | |
In office December 2, 1986 – November 23, 1987 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Deputy | Peter Rodman Colin Powell |
Preceded by | John Poindexter |
Succeeded by | Colin Powell |
19th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
In office February 4, 1981 – December 31, 1982 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Graham Claytor |
Succeeded by | Paul Thayer |
13th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence | |
In office February 10, 1978 – February 5, 1981 | |
President | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | John F. Blake |
Succeeded by | Bobby Inman |
United States Ambassador to Portugal | |
In office January 24, 1975 – February 5, 1978 | |
President | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Stuart Scott |
Succeeded by | Richard Bloomfield |
4th Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity | |
In office January 1971 – December 1972 | |
President | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Donald Rumsfeld |
Succeeded by | Phillip V. Sanchez |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Charles Carlucci III October 18, 1930 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | June 3, 2018 McLean, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 87)
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery[1] |
Political party | Republican |
Spouses | Jean Anthony
(m. 1954; div. 1974)Marcia Myers (m. 1976) |
Children | 3 |
Education | Princeton University (AB) Harvard University (MBA) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1952–1954 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Frank Charles Carlucci III GCIH (/ˌkɑːrˈluːtʃi/ 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.