Eric Fanning
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| 22nd United States Secretary of the Army | |
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In office May 18, 2016 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Patrick Murphy (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Robert Speer (Acting) |
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In office November 3, 2015 – January 11, 2016 Acting |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John McHugh |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Murphy (Acting) |
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United States Under Secretary of the Army Acting |
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In office June 30, 2015 – November 3, 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Brad Carson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Hawley (Acting) |
| Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense | |
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In office February 17, 2015 – June 30, 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Mark Lippert |
| Succeeded by | Eric Rosenbach |
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United States Secretary of the Air Force Acting |
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In office June 21, 2013 – December 20, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael Donley |
| Succeeded by | Deborah Lee James |
| 24th United States Under Secretary of the Air Force | |
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In office April 18, 2013 – February 17, 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Erin Conaton |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Disbrow |
| Personal details | |
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Eric Kenneth Fanning July 2, 1968 Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) |
Eric Kenneth Fanning (born July 2, 1968) was the United States Secretary of the Army, nominated by President Barack Obama on November 3, 2015, and confirmed by the United States Senate on May 17, 2016. Fanning was the 22nd Secretary of the Army, the largest service branch of the U.S. military, and the first openly gay head of any service in the U.S. military.
He spent most of the preceding 25 years in government service. He worked as a Congressional staffer and consultant before joining the U.S. Department of Defense, where he held Army, Navy, and Air Force positions.
Born on July 2, 1968, and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he attended Cranbrook Schools in Michigan for two years and graduated from Centerville High School in Ohio in 1986. He received his B.A. in history from Dartmouth College in 1990. His interest in government and politics began when he participated in the 1988 New Hampshire primary contest.
In the 1990s, he was on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and later a special assistant in the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense. He later served as associate director of political affairs at the White House.
He also worked at Business Executives for National Security, a Washington, D.C.–based think-tank and at Robinson, Lerer & Montgomery, a strategic communications firm in New York City.
He served as deputy undersecretary and deputy chief management officer for the Department of the Navy beginning in July 2009. He was also deputy director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.
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