biography
| name: |
Haig, Alexander (Meigs)
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pronunciation:
[hayg]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1924– )
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| biography:
| US army officer and statesman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He trained at West Point, studied at Georgetown University, and joined the US army in 1947, serving in Korea (1950–1) and in the Vietnam War (1966–7), and becoming a general in 1973. He then retired from the army to become White House chief-of-staff during the last days of the Nixon presidency. Returning to active duty, he was supreme NATO commander before returning again to civilian life, as president of United Technologies Corporation. He served President Reagan as secretary of state in 1981–2, and sought the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1988. He has been chairman of Worldwide Associates Inc since 1984. |
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