Alexander Haig
Former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Army general (1924-2010) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 85
Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. was an American politician who served as the 59th United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and previously as White House chief of staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, as well as United States Deputy National Security Advisor under President Nixon.
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Major General Haig being presented with the Distinguished Service Medal by President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office in 1973
General Alexander Haig at his White House offices while still wearing his U.S. Army uniform, upon assuming the White House Chief of Staff position on May 4, 1973.
Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Haig meeting on Ford's forthcoming appointment as vice president in 1973
Haig's official chief of staff portrait
General Haig during his tenure as Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Secretary of State Haig with President Reagan at the Oval Office, 1981
Haig welcoming Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin at Andrews Air Force Base, 1982Awards
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A member of the Republican Party, he was a general in the U.S. Army prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In 1973, Haig became the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army's history.
