Patrick M. Shanahan
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Patrick Michael Shanahan is an American businessman and the president and chief executive officer of Spirit AeroSystems. He is a former United States federal government official who served as the acti
Official portrait, 2018
Shanahan with John Kerry
Shanahan in Afghanistan, February 11, 2019
The United States secretary of defense, secondarily titled the secretary of war, is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a hig
Patrick M. Shanahan
…and the president and chief executive officer of Spirit AeroSystems. He is a former United States federal government official who served as the acting United States secretary of defense in 2019. President Donald Trump appointed Shanahan to the role after the resignation of Jim Mattis. Prior to that, Shanahan served as Deputy Secretary…
Pete Hegseth Official Portrait
Donald Rumsfeld is sworn in as Secretary of Defense by Associate Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart as U.S. President Gerald R. Ford and Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown watch at The Pentagon on 20 November 1975.
Department of Defense organizational chart (December 2013)
James Forrestal Sec Of Def