George Pratt Shultz State of Residency: California Appointment: Jul 16, 1982 Entry on Duty: Jul 16, 1982 Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 1989 Presidency: Reagan

As Secretary of State

• Helped resolve a serious dispute between the United States and its allies over the plans to ship Siberian natural gas to Western Europe

• Played in important role in shaping an American initiative in the Middle East; part of the policy ended due to terrorist attack in Beruit on a U.S. Marines barracks, which killed 239 American lives

• Called for stronger action against terrorist attacks

• Shultz was embroiled in the Iran-Contra Scandal, evidence proved that information was kept from him

• Negotiated an intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty that provided for the destruction of 1,752 Soviet and 859 American missles in 1987

• Signed an agreement with the foreign minister of the Philippines, providing for the the operations of U.S. bases in that country in exchange for economic and military aid

Foreign Travels of Secretary of State George Shultz

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Born: December 13, 1920
Died:
Married: Helena Maria O'Brien
Education: Princeton University; Ph.D from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation: Public Official/Economist

Government Positions

• Served as an officer in the Marine Corps. during World War II

• Senior Staff economist with President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisors 1955-1956

• Secretary of Labor in President Nixon's Cabinet 1969-1970

• Chairman of the Office of Management and Budget 1970

• Secretary of Treasury in President Nixon's Cabinet 1972-1974

• Head of Economic policy Advisory Board 1981

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