Alexander Haig
Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. was United States secretary of state under president Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, he was a general in the U.S. Army, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In 1973, Haig became the youngest four-star general in the Army's history.
2 December 1924
Born on the same birth date (2 December 1924): Else Marie Pade • Jonathan Frid • Vilgot Sjöman
Born on the same birth day (2 December): Adolph Green • Amaury Leveaux • Charles Edward Ringling • Charles H. Wesley • Edwin Meese • Emperor Jianwen of Liang • Jana Kramer • Lee Steele • Manohar Joshi • Marc Platt (dancer) • Otto Dix • Stephen McGinn • Tal Wilkenfeld • Tom McGuinness (musician) • Uladzislau Hancharou
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