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Mark Esper

Official Department of Defense portrait of Mark Esper.
Source: Monica King / United States Department of Defense · Rights/use: Public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105 as a United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized
PersonCast out2 relationships

Trump's defense secretary from July 2019 until Trump announced his termination on November 9, 2020.

Relationship to Trumpdefense secretary in Trump's first administrationpolitical / 2 sources

Status

  1. Former cabinet officialrelationship / 2019-07-23–2020-11-092 sources · Lead source
  2. Former defense secretaryoffice / 2019-07-23–2020-11-092 sources · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpdefense secretary in Trump's first administration

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    former defense secretary terminated by Trump

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented

Record timeline

  1. Esper is sworn in as Trump's defense secretaryServed as defense secretary from July 2019 through November 2020defense secretary in Trump's first administration · documented · 2 sources
  2. Trump announces Esper's immediate terminationFormer secretary of defenseformer defense secretary terminated by Trump · documented · 2 sources