# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-ken-shinseki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:30:39.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-ken-shinseki"
name: "Eric Ken Shinseki"
slug: "eric-ken-shinseki"
description: "Eric Ken Shinseki  , born 28 November 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States secretary of veterans affairs from 2009 to 2014 and as the 34th chief of staff of the Army from 1999 to 2003. Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was the first Asian-American four-star general, and the first Asian-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs."
tagline: "Retired United States Army four-star general, seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Shinseki_official_Veterans_Affairs_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1942-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump