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Rex Tillerson

Official Department of State portrait of Rex Tillerson.
Source: United States Department of State · 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 first secretary of state, terminated in March 2018 after Trump said they differed in their thinking.

Relationship to Trumpsecretary of state in Trump's first administrationpolitical / 2 sources

Status

  1. Former cabinet officialrelationship / 2017-02-01–2018-03-312 sources · Lead source
  2. Former secretary of stateoffice / 2017-02-01–2018-03-312 sources · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpsecretary of state in Trump's first administration

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    former secretary of state terminated by Trump

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented

Record timeline

  1. Tillerson is sworn in as Trump's secretary of stateServed as secretary of state from February 2017 through March 2018secretary of state in Trump's first administration · documented · 2 sources
  2. Trump terminates Tillerson after policy differencesFormer secretary of stateformer secretary of state terminated by Trump · documented · 2 sources