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Caspar Weinberger
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American politician (1917-2006)
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Caspar Weinberger was an American lawyer and politician born in San Francisco in 1917. He served as the United States Secretary of Defense and was a member of the Republican Party. Weinberger was educated at Harvard College and Harvard Law School. During World War II, he served as a captain.
He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was recognized in the Presidential Medal Of Freedom collection. Weinberger was a member of the Episcopal Church and spoke English. He worked in Sacramento and died of pneumonia in Bangor in 2006. His remains were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Vinony catalogs Caspar Weinberger in its Presidential Medal of Freedom collection (659 entries).
Within Vinony's link graph, Caspar Weinberger is referenced by 678 other articles, and connects out to Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev and George Shultz.
Vinony files it under 1917 births, 2006 deaths and 20th-century members of the California State Legislature.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Known for
- HARDtalk1997
- Clint Eastwood: Director — Self - United States Secretary of Defense1982
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Caspar
- Family name
- Weinberger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Bangor
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Conflict
- captain
- Image
- Caspar Weinberger official photo.jpg
- Work location
- Sacramento
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- Commons category
- Caspar Weinberger
- date of birth
- 1917-08-18
- date of death
- 2006-03-29
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Caspar Weinberger
- name in native language
- Caspar Weinberger
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
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