Manuel Lujan Jr.

Manuel Lujan Jr.
46th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office
February 3, 1989 – January 20, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byDonald P. Hodel
Succeeded byBruce Babbitt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Mexico's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1989
Preceded byThomas G. Morris
Succeeded bySteven Schiff
Personal details
Born
Manuel Archibald Lujan Jr.

(1928-05-12)May 12, 1928
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S.
DiedApril 25, 2019(2019-04-25) (aged 90)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJean Lujan
Children4
Parent
RelativesMichelle Lujan Grisham (second cousin, twice removed)
EducationCollege of Santa Fe (BA)

Manuel Archibald Lujan Jr. (May 12, 1928 – April 25, 2019) was an American politician from New Mexico who sat in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from 1969 to 1989 and was the United States secretary of the interior from 1989 to 1993. He was a colleague of George H. W. Bush in the House from 1969 to 1971. In 1989, President Bush named Lujan to his cabinet.