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Reagan Revolution

The Reagan Cabinet
Office Name Term
President Ronald Reagan 1981–1989
Vice President George H. W. Bush 1981–1989
Secretary of State Alexander Haig 1981–1982
George P. Shultz 1982–1989
Secretary of Treasury Donald Regan 1981–1985
James Baker 1985–1988
Nicholas F. Brady 1988–1989
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger 1981–1987
Frank C. Carlucci 1987–1989
Attorney General William F. Smith 1981–1985
Edwin A. Meese III 1985–1988
Richard Thornburgh 1988–1989
Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt 1981–1983
William P. Clark Jr. 1983–1985
Donald P. Hodel 1985–1989
Secretary of Agriculture John Rusling Block 1981–1986
Richard E. Lyng 1986–1989
Secretary of Commerce Howard M. Baldrige Jr. 1981–1987
C. William Verity Jr. 1987–1989
Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan 1981–1985
William E. Brock 1985–1987
Ann Dore McLaughlin 1987–1989
Secretary of Health and
Human Services
Richard S. Schweiker 1981–1983
Margaret Heckler 1983–1985
Otis R. Bowen 1985–1989
Secretary of Education Terrel Bell 1981–1984
William J. Bennett 1985–1988
Lauro Cavazos 1988–1989
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. 1981–1989
Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis 1981–1983
Elizabeth Hanford Dole 1983–1987
James H. Burnley IV 1987–1989
Secretary of Energy James B. Edwards 1981–1982
Donald Paul Hodel 1982–1985
John S. Herrington 1985–1989
Chief of Staff James Baker 1981–1985
Donald Regan 1985–1987
Howard Baker 1987–1988
Kenneth Duberstein 1988–1989
Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency
Anne M. Burford 1981–1983
William D. Ruckelshaus 1983–1985
Lee M. Thomas 1985–1989
Director of the Office of
Management and Budget
1981–1985
James C. Miller III 1985–1988
Joseph R. Wright Jr. 1988–1989
United States Trade Representative William E. Brock III 1981–1985
Clayton K. Yeutter 1985–1989

The presidency of Ronald Reagan began on January 20, 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican, took office as the 40th United States president following a landslide win over Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election. Reagan was succeeded by his vice president, George H. W. Bush, who won the 1988 presidential election with Reagan's support.

Domestically, Reagan introduced several tax cuts and sought to cut non-military spending. The economic policies enacted in 1981, known as "Reaganomics", were inspired by supply-side economics. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 simplified the tax code, reducing rates while removing several tax breaks. Reagan also appointed more federal judges than any other president, including four Supreme Court Justices. Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, which enacted sweeping changes U.S. immigration law, and the administration escalated the "War on Drugs".

Reagan's foreign policy stance was resolutely anti-communist; its plan of action, known as the Reagan Doctrine, sought to roll back the global influence of the Soviet Union in an attempt to end the Cold War. Under this doctrine, the administration initiated a massive buildup of the military, promoted new technologies such as missile defense systems, and, in 1983, undertook an invasion of Grenada, the first major overseas action by U.S. troops since the end of the Vietnam War. It also controversially granted aid to paramilitary forces seeking to overthrow leftist governments, particularly in war-torn Central America and Afghanistan. During Reagan's second term, he sought closer relations with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and the two leaders signed the INF Treaty, a major arms control agreement. The Reagan administration engaged in covert arms sales to Iran in order to fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua that were fighting to overthrow their socialist government. The resulting Iran–Contra affair resulted in the conviction or resignation of several administration officials.


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