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Ash Carter

Secretary of Defense · 2015

Ash Carter, Secretary of Defense. Ashton Baldwin Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. Carter began his career as a physicist.

Positions

  • Secretary of Defense2015-02-17–2017-01-19

Biography

Ashton Baldwin Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. Carter began his career as a physicist.

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Capitol Receipts, “Ash Carter: Secretary of Defense,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/wQ4806029/ash-carter (accessed 2026-10-13).

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