كاسپر واين‌برگر

كاسپر واين‌برگر
رقم 15 وزير الدفاع الأمريكي
في المنصب January 21, 1981 – November 23, 1987
الرئيس	Ronald Reagan
Deputy	فرانك كارلوتشي (1981–1983) و. پول ثيـَر (1983–1984) وليام هاورد تافت الرابع (1984–1987)
سبقه	هارولد براون
خلـَفه	فرانك كارلوتشي
10th وزير الصحة والتعليم والضمان الاجتماعي الأمريكي
في المنصب February 12, 1973 – August 8, 1975
الرئيس	ريتشارد نيكسون Gerald Ford
سبقه	إليوت رتشاردسون
خلـَفه	Forrest David Mathews
20th مدير مكتب الادارة والميزانية
في المنصب 12 يونيو 1972 – 1 فبراير 1973
الرئيس	ريتشارد نيكسون
سبقه	جورج شولتس
خلـَفه	روي آش
42nd Chairman, United States Federal Trade Commission
في المنصب December 31, 1969 – August 6, 1970
الرئيس	ريتشارد نيكسون
سبقه	Paul Rand Dixon
خلـَفه	Miles W. Kirkpatrick
تفاصيل شخصية
وُلِد	Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-08-18)أغسطس 18, 1917 سان فرانسسكو، كاليفورنيا، الولايات المتحدة
توفي	مارس 28, 2006(2006-03-28) (aged 88) بانگور، مين، الولايات المتحدة
الحزب	جمهوري
الزوج	Jane Weinberger (1942-2006; his death; 2 children)
المدرسة الأم	جامعة هارڤرد (B.A, J.D)
المهنة	محامي
الخدمة العسكرية
الفرع/الخدمة	الجيش الأمريكي
سنوات الخدمة	1941 - 1945
الرتبة	Captain
الوحدة	41st Infantry Division
المعارك/الحروب	الحرب العالمية الثانية

Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger, GBE (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006), was an American politician and businessman. As a prominent Republican, he served in a variety of prominent state and federal positions for three decades, including Chairman of the California Republican Party, 1962-68. Most notably he was appointed Secretary of Defense under Republican President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987.

Born in San Francisco, California, Weinberger served in the 41st Infantry Division in the Pacific theater of الحرب العالمية الثانية. His entry into politics was as a California State Assemblyman from 1953 to 1959, and he would go on to serve as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. An accomplished private sector businessman, he later became vice president and general counsel of Bechtel Corporation, and still later Chairman of Forbes.

His tenure as Secretary of Defense is the third longest in U.S. history, and spanned the final years of the Cold War. He is also known for his key role in the administration's Strategic Defense Initiative and later indictments in the Iran–Contra affair. He was awarded both the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987 and an honorary British knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.

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 النشأة

Weinberger was born in San Francisco, California, the younger of two sons of Herman Weinberger, a Colorado-born lawyer. His mother, the former Cerise Carpenter Hampson, was an accomplished violinist. His father was of Jewish Bohemian descent, while his maternal grandparents were immigrants from England. Weinberger had stated that his mother's Episcopal religion was "an enormous influence and comfort all my life".

 وزيراً للدفاع

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger (left) with Israeli Minister of Defense أرييل شارون، 1982

 قضية إيران-كونترا

The Iran–Contra affair concerned the selling of US missiles to Iran. The funds received from Iran were then channeled to guerilla freedom fighters known as Contras, who were fighting the oppressive socialist government of Nicaragua. Such funding had been specifically denied by the democrats in the US Congress.

 وفاته

Weinberger's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery

While residing on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Weinberger was treated for and died from complications of pneumonia at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, aged 88. He was survived by his wife, the former Rebecca Jane Dalton, their two children and several grandchildren.

He was buried in Section 30, Grave 835-1 at Arlington National Cemetery on April 4, 2006.

 وصلات خارجية

• Obituary in Fortune magazine
• An interview with Caspar Weinberger (MP3)
• Interview about the MX missiles for the WGBH series
• Booknotes interview with Weinberger on Fighting for Peace, July 15, 1990.
• BBC News obituary
• كاسپر واين‌برگر at Find a Grave
• Baltimore Sun obituary
• كاسپر واين‌برگر at the Internet Movie Database

مناصب سياسية
سبقه George P. Schultz	Director of the Office of Management and Budget خدم في عهد: Richard Nixon 1972–1973	تبعه Roy Ash
سبقه Elliot Richardson	United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare February 12, 1973 - August 8, 1975	تبعه F. David Mathews
سبقه Harold Brown	Secretary of Defense الولايات المتحدة خدم في عهد: Ronald Reagan 1981–1987	تبعه Frank C. Carlucci