David Dean Rusk was the United States secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving secretary of state after Cordell Hull from the Franklin Roosevelt administration. He had been a high government official in the 1940s and early 1950s, as well as the head of a leading foundation.

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Occupation: politician, lawyer, diplomat, university teacher
Position held: United States Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Citizenship: United States
Born: February 9, 1909

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Dean Rusk

United States Secretary of State (1909-1994)

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Occupation: politician, lawyer, diplomat, university teacher
Position held: United States Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Citizenship: United States
Born: February 9, 1909

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December 20, 1994

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