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John Lehman
Secretary of the Navy · 1981
John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy. John Francis Lehman Jr. (born September 14, 1942) is an American private equity investor and writer who was secretary of the Navy (1981–1987) during the Reagan administration in which he promoted the creation of a 600-ship navy. Lehman is on the board of trustees for the thinktank Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).
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- Secretary of the Navy
- Secretary of the Navy1981-02-05–1987-04-10
Biography
John Francis Lehman Jr. (born September 14, 1942) is an American private equity investor and writer who was secretary of the Navy (1981–1987) during the Reagan administration in which he promoted the creation of a 600-ship navy. Lehman is on the board of trustees for the thinktank Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).
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