Frank Carlucci
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| 16th United States Secretary of Defense | |
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In office November 23, 1987 – January 20, 1989 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Deputy | William Taft |
| Preceded by | Caspar Weinberger |
| Succeeded by | Dick Cheney |
| 15th National Security Advisor | |
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In office December 2, 1986 – November 23, 1987 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Deputy | Peter Rodman |
| Preceded by | John Poindexter |
| Succeeded by | Colin Powell |
| 18th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
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In office February 4, 1981 – December 31, 1982 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Graham Claytor |
| Succeeded by | Paul Thayer |
| 13th Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
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In office February 5, 1978 – February 4, 1981 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | John Blake |
| Succeeded by | Bobby Inman |
| United States Ambassador to Portugal | |
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In office January 24, 1975 – February 5, 1978 |
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| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Stuart Scott |
| Succeeded by | Richard Bloomfield |
| 4th Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity | |
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In office January 1971 – December 1972 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Donald Rumsfeld |
| Succeeded by | Philip Sanchez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Frank Charles Carlucci III October 18, 1930 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Princeton University (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1952–1954 |
Frank Charles Carlucci III (born October 18, 1930) served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989 in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Prior to that, Carlucci served in a variety of senior-level governmental positions, including Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Richard Nixon administration, Deputy Director of the CIA in the Jimmy Carter administration, and Deputy Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor in the Reagan administration.
Carlucci was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Roxanne (née Bacon) and Frank Charles Carlucci, Jr., an insurance broker. His father was of Italian and Swiss descent. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1948 and Princeton University in 1952, where he roomed with Donald Rumsfeld, and attended Harvard Business School for an MBA in 1954-55. He was a Naval officer from 1952-54. He joined the Foreign Service, working for the State Department from 1956 until 1969. In 1961 he participated in a CIA mission to Congo.
According to James Schlesinger, following the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the new Prime Minister of the Congo, Cyrille Adoula, began a meeting with President John F. Kennedy with the question "Ou est Carlucci?" (Where is Carlucci?), since Carlucci was suspected to be one of the CIA officials who oversaw the murder of Lumumba. Kennedy first responded "Who the hell is Carlucci?'" and then sent Dean Rusk to find him.
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