Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Henry Rumsfeld born July 9 1932 June 29 2021 was 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 oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense Additionally Rumsfeld was a fourterm US Congressman from Illinois 19621969 Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity 19691970 Counsellor to the President 19691973 the United States Permanent Representative to NATO 19731974 and White House Chief of Staff 19741975