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Robert C. Weaver

Member of the United States Cabinet (1907-1997) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 89

Robert Clifton Weaver was an American economist, academic, and political administrator who served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Weaver was the first African American to be appointed to a US Cabinet-level position.

Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1997 · aged 89