# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ash-carter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:38:09.058Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ash-carter"
name: "Ash Carter"
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description: "Ashton Baldwin Carter was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School."
tagline: "25th United States Secretary of Defense"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1954-09-24"
deathDate: "2022-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump