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Robert Michael Gates


23rd Chancellor of The College of William & Mary
Incumbent
Assumed office February 3, 2012
Preceded by	Sandra Day O'Connor
22nd United States Secretary of Defense
In office December 18, 2006 – July 1, 2011
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Deputy	Gordon R. England
Preceded by	Donald Rumsfeld
Succeeded by	Leon Panetta
22nd President of Texas A&M University
In office August 1, 2002 – December 16, 2006
Preceded by	Ray M. Bowen
Succeeded by	Eddie J. Davis
15th Director of Central Intelligence
In office November 6, 1991 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Deputy	Richard James Kerr William Oliver Studeman
Preceded by	William Hedgcock Webster
Succeeded by	R. James Woolsey, Jr.
16th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
In office April 1986 – March 1989
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	John Norman McMahon
Succeeded by	Richard James Kerr

Personal details
Born	(1943-09-25) September 25, 1943 (age 81) Wichita, Kansas
Alma mater	College of William & Mary, Indiana University, Georgetown University
Military service
Branch/service	United States Air Force
Years of service	1967-1969
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) was the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006 under George W. Bush and Barack Obama's administrations until his retirement on July 1, 2011^[1] Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the United States National Security Council. Under President George H. W. Bush, Gates served as Director of Central Intelligence. He was also president of Texas A&M. He is currently Chancellor of the College of William and Mary.

References

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↑ "New US defence secretary sworn in". BBC News. December 18, 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-18.

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v t e Cabinet of President George W. Bush (2001–2009)
Vice President	Richard B. Cheney (2001–2009)
Secretary of State	Colin Powell (2001–2005) • Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009)
Secretary of the Treasury	Paul H. O'Neill (2001–2002) • John Snow (2002–2006) • Henry Paulson (2006–2009)
Secretary of Defense	Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006) • Robert Gates (2006–2009)
Attorney General	John Ashcroft (2001–2005) • Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007) • Michael Mukasey (2007–2009)
Secretary of the Interior	Gale Norton (2001–2006) • Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009)
Secretary of the Agriculture	Ann Veneman (2001–2005) • Mike Johanns (2005–2007) • Ed Schafer (2008–2009)
Secretary of Commerce	Donald Evans (2001–2005) • Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009)
Secretary of Labor	Elaine Chao (2001–2009)
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Tommy Thompson (2001–2005) • Mike Leavitt (2005–2009)
Secretary of Education	Rod Paige (2001–2005) • Margaret Spellings (2005–2009)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Mel Martínez (2001–2003) • Alphonso Jackson (2003–2008) • Steve Preston (2008–2009)
Secretary of Transportation	Norman Mineta (2001–2006) • Mary Peters (2006–2009)
Secretary of Energy	Spencer Abraham (2001–2005) • Samuel Bodman (2005–2009)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Anthony Principi (2001–2005) • Jim Nicholson (2005–2007) • James Peake (2007–2009)
Secretary of Homeland Security	Tom Ridge (2003–2005) • Michael Chertoff (2005–2009)
Chief of Staff	Andrew Card (2001–2006) • Joshua Bolten (2006–2009)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Christine Todd Whitman (2001–2003) • Mike Leavitt (2003–2005) • Stephen Johnson (2005–2009)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mitch Daniels (2001–2003) • Joshua Bolten (2003–2006) • Rob Portman (2006–2007) • Jim Nussle (2007–2009)
Director of National Drug Control Policy	John Walters (2001–2009)
Trade Representative	Robert Zoellick (2001–2005) • Rob Portman (2005–2006) • Susan Schwab (2006-2009)

Cabinet of President Barack Obama (2009–2017)

Cabinet
Secretary of State	Hillary Clinton (2009–2013) John Kerry (2013–2017)
Secretary of the Treasury	Timothy Geithner (2009–2013) Jack Lew (2013–2017)
Secretary of Defense	Robert Gates (2009–2011) Leon Panetta (2011–2013) Chuck Hagel (2013–2015) Ash Carter (2015–2017)
Attorney General	Eric Holder (2009–2015) Loretta Lynch (2015–2017)
Secretary of the Interior	Ken Salazar (2009–2013) Sally Jewell (2013–2017)
Secretary of Agriculture	Tom Vilsack (2009–2017)
Secretary of Commerce	Gary Locke (2009–2011) John Bryson (2011–2012) Penny Pritzker (2013–2017)
Secretary of Labor	Hilda Solis (2009–2013) Tom Perez (2013–2017)
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Kathleen Sebelius (2009–2014) Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2014–2017)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Shaun Donovan (2009–2014) Julian Castro (2014–2017)
Secretary of Transportation	Ray LaHood (2009–2013) Anthony Foxx (2013–2017)
Secretary of Energy	Steven Chu (2009–2013) Ernest Moniz (2013–2017)
Secretary of Education	Arne Duncan (2009–2016) John King (2016–2017)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Eric Shinseki (2009–2014) Bob McDonald (2014–2017)
Secretary of Homeland Security	Janet Napolitano (2009–2013) Jeh Johnson (2013–2017)

Cabinet-level
Vice President	Joe Biden (2009–2017)
White House Chief of Staff	Rahm Emanuel (2009–2010) William Daley (2011–2012) Jack Lew (2012–2013) Denis McDonough (2013–2017)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Lisa Jackson (2009–2013) Gina McCarthy (2013–2017)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Peter Orszag (2009–2010) Jack Lew (2010–2012) Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2013–2014) Shaun Donovan (2014–2017)
Trade Representative	Ron Kirk (2009–2013) Michael Froman (2013–2017)
Ambassador to the United Nations	Susan Rice (2009–2013) Samantha Power (2013–2017)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Christina Romer (2009–2010) Austan Goolsbee (2010–2011) Alan Krueger (2011–2013) Jason Furman (2013–2017)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Karen Mills (2012–2013)** Maria Contreras-Sweet (2014–2017)

* Acting
** took office in 2009, raised to cabinet-rank in 2012

United States Secretaries of Defense
Forrestal • Johnson • Marshall • Lovett • Wilson • McElroy • T. Gates • McNamara • Clifford • Laird • Richardson • Schlesinger • Rumsfeld • Brown • Weinberger • Carlucci • Cheney • Aspin • Perry • Cohen • Rumsfeld • R. Gates • Panetta • Hagel • Carter • Mattis • Esper • Austin • Hegseth

v t e Directors of Central Intelligence and Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence	Sidney Souers • Hoyt Vandenberg • Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter • Walter B. Smith • Allen W. Dulles • John A. McCone • William Raborn • Richard Helms • James R. Schlesinger • William Colby • George H. W. Bush • Stansfield Turner • William J. Casey • William H. Webster • Robert Gates • R. James Woolsey, Jr. • John M. Deutch • George Tenet
Central Intelligence Agency	Porter J. Goss · Michael Hayden · Leon Panetta · David Petraeus · John O. Brennan · Mike Pompeo · Gina Haspel · William Joseph Burns · John Ratcliffe (nominee)

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