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Mark T. Esper

Secretary of Defense · 2019–2020

Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense. 2 financial disclosure and ethics filings with the Office of Government Ethics, most recently Dec 18, 2020. The Senate voted 90–8 on the nomination on Jul 23, 2019 (Nomination Confirmed). Mark Thomas Esper (born April 26, 1964) is an American politician and manufacturing executive who served as the 27th United States secretary of defense from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously served as the 23rd U.S. secretary of the Army from November 2017 to July 2019.

Ethics filings
2
Latest filing
Dec 18, 2020
Senate votes
1

Positions

  • Secretary of Defense2019-07-22–2020-11-09

Financial disclosure and ethics filings

Filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Form 278 reports list assets, income and debts; ethics agreements list what the official promised to sell or step away from.

Senate confirmation votes

  • Secretary of Defense
    116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    90–8 · Jul 23, 2019

Biography

Mark Thomas Esper (born April 26, 1964) is an American politician and manufacturing executive who served as the 27th United States secretary of defense from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously served as the 23rd U.S. secretary of the Army from November 2017 to July 2019.

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