United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

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The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Defense. According to the U.S. Defense department website, the Deputy Secretary has the authority to

"[A]ct for the Secretary of Defense and exercise the powers of the Secretary on any and all matters for which the Secretary is authorized to act pursuant to law."

The post of Deputy Secretary of Defense is currently held by Gordon R. England. He was preceded by Paul Wolfowitz, who became President of the World Bank on June 1, 2005.

Deputy Secretaries since 1953

Roger M. Kyes 1953-1954
Robert B. Anderson 1954-1955
Donald A. Quarles 1955+1959
Thomas S. Gates 1959
James H. Douglas 1959-1961
Roswell Gilpatric 1961-1964
Cyrus R. Vance 1964-1967
Paul H. Nitze 1967-1969
David Packard 1969-1971
Bill Clements 1971-1977
Charles W. Duncan, Jr. 1977-1979
W. Graham Claytor ´1979-1981
Frank C. Carlucci 1981-1983
W. Paul Thayer 1983-1984
William Howard Taft IV 1984-1989
Donald J. Atwood 1989-1993
William J. Perry 1993-1994
John M. Deutch 1994-1995
John P. White 1995-1997
John J. Hamre 1997-2000
Rudy de Leon 2000-2001
Paul D. Wolfowitz 2001-2005
Gordon R. England 2005-

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