Frank Carlucci

Frank Carlucci
Official portrait, 1987
16th United States Secretary of Defense
In office November 23, 1987 – January 20, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Deputy	William Taft
Preceded by	Caspar Weinberger
Succeeded by	Dick Cheney
14th United States National Security Advisor
In office December 2, 1986 – November 23, 1987
President	Ronald Reagan
Deputy	Peter Rodman Colin Powell
Preceded by	John Poindexter
Succeeded by	Colin Powell
19th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
In office February 4, 1981 – December 31, 1982
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Graham Claytor
Succeeded by	Paul Thayer
13th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
In office February 10, 1978 – February 5, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	John F. Blake
Succeeded by	Bobby Inman
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office January 24, 1975 – February 5, 1978
President	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Stuart Scott
Succeeded by	Richard Bloomfield
4th Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity
In office January 1971 – December 1972
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Donald Rumsfeld
Succeeded by	Phillip V. Sanchez
Personal details
Born	Frank Charles Carlucci III (1930-10-18)October 18, 1930 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	June 3, 2018(2018-06-03) (aged 87) McLean, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery[1]
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Jean Anthony ​ ​ (m. 1954; div. 1974)​ Marcia Myers ​ (m. 1976)​
Children	3
Education	Princeton University (AB) Harvard University (MBA)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1952–1954
Rank	Lieutenant

Frank Charles Carlucci III GCIH (/ˌkɑːrˈluːtʃi/ kar-LOO-chee; October 18, 1930 – June 3, 2018) was an American politician who served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989 in the administration of President Ronald Reagan.^[2] He was the first Italian American to serve in that position.

Carlucci served in a variety of senior-level governmental positions, including Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Nixon administration, Deputy Director of the CIA in the Carter administration, and Deputy Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor in the Reagan administration.