What is Donald Rumsfeld?
{{Infobox officeholder | name= Donald Rumsfeld | image=Rumsfeld1.jpg | order=21st | title=[[United States Secretary of Defense]] | term_start=January 20, 2001 | term_end=December 18, 2006 | predecessor=[[William Cohen]] | successor= [[Robert Gates]] | order2=13th | title2=[[United States Secretary of Defense]] | term_start2=November 20, 1975 | term_end2=January 20, 1977 | predecessor2=[[James R. Schlesinger]] | successor2=[[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]] | state4=[[Illinois]] | district4= [[Illinois' 13th congressional district|13th]] Congressional | term_start4=January 3, 1963 | term_end4=March 20, 1969 | predecessor4=[[Marguerite S. Church]] | successor4=[[Phil Crane]] | title3=[[White House Chief of Staff]] | term_start3=September 1974 | term_end3=November 20, 1975 | predecessor3=[[Alexander Haig]] | order3=6th | successor3=[[Dick Cheney]] | birth_date= {{birth date|mf=yes|1932|7|9}} | birth_place=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | death_date= {{death date and age|mf=y|2021|6|29|1932|7|9}} | death_place= [[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]], [[New Mexico]], U.S. | spouse=Joyce H. Pierson | children=3 | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | alma_mater=[[Princeton University]]<br />[[Georgetown University Law Center]] | profession= | signature = Donald Rumsfeld Signature.svg | president=[[George W. Bush]] | president2=[[Gerald Ford]] | president3=[[Gerald Ford]] | deputy2=[[Bill Clements]] | deputy=[[Paul Wolfowitz]] (2001-2005)<br />[[Gordon R. England]] (2005-2007) |branch=[[United States Navy]] |rank=[[Captain (naval)|Captain]] }} '''Donald Henry Rumsfeld''' (July 9, 1932 &ndash; June 29, 2021) was an [[United States|American]] [[businessman]] and [[politician]]. Rumsfeld was the 13th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] under [[President of the United States|President]] [[Gerald Ford]] from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President [[George W. Bush]] from 2001 to 2006. He was both the youngest (43 years old) and the oldest (74 years old) person to have held