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Donald Henry Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
21st United States Secretary of Defense
In office
January 20, 2001 – December 18, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byWilliam S. Cohen
Succeeded byRobert Gates
13th United States Secretary of Defense
In office
November 20, 1975 – January 20, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byJames R. Schlesinger
Succeeded byHarold Brown
7th White House Chief of Staff
In office
September 1974 – November 20, 1975
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byAlexander Haig
Succeeded byDick Cheney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 13th Congressional district
In office
January 3, 1963 – March 20, 1969
Preceded byMarguerite S. Church
Succeeded byPhil Crane
BornJuly 9, 1932 (1932-07-09) (age 75)
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ReligionPresbyterian

Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is a businessman, a U.S. Republican politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. He is both the youngest (43 years old) and the oldest (74 years old) person to have held the position, as well as the only person to have held the position for two non-consecutive terms, and the second longest serving, behind Robert McNamara.

Rumsfeld has also served in various positions under President Richard Nixon, served four terms in the United States House of Representatives, and served as United States Ambassador to NATO. Rumsfeld was an aviator in the United States Navy between 1954 and 1957 before transferring to the Reserve. In public life, he has also served as an official in numerous federal commissions and councils. Rumsfeld is considered by some to be the most controversial defense secretary in US history.