Lloyd Austin
Lloyd Austin | |
Austin, juli 2023. | |
Född | Lloyd James Austin III 8 augusti 1953[1] (70 år) Mobile, Alabama, USA |
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Medborgare i | USA |
Utbildad vid | Auburn University US Army Command and General Staff College United States Military Academy United States Army War College Webster University Thomasville High School |
Sysselsättning | Officer, politiker |
Befattning | |
USA:s vice arméstabschef (2012–2013) USA:s försvarsminister (2021–)[2] | |
Arbetsgivare | Raytheon Technologies (2016–) |
Politiskt parti | |
partilös | |
Maka | Charlene Banner |
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Lloyd James Austin III, född 8 augusti 1953 i Mobile, Alabama, är en sedan 2016 pensionerad amerikansk general. Austin var under president Obama den högste militärt ansvarige för den USA-ledda koalitionen i Irak.[3][4]
I december 2020 nominerades Lloyd Austin av den tillträdande presidenten, Joe Biden, som förstahandsval till försvarsminister.[3][4] Han godkändes av senaten den 22 januari 2021. Austin är den första svarta försvarsministern.
Austin och hans maka Charlene Denise Banner Austin har varit gifta i över 40 år.[5] Han har två styvsöner.[6]
Utmärkelser
- Andra klass av Jaroslav den vises orden, 2022[7]
- Riddare med storkors av Litauens förtjänstorden, 10 juli 2023[8]
- Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
- National Defense Service Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
- Iraq Campaign Medal
- Commendation Medal
- Afghanistan Campaign Medal
- Meritorious Service Medal
- Legion of Merit
- Humanitarian Service Medal
- Silver Star
- Defense Meritorious Service Medal
- Combat Infantryman Badge
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legionär av Legion of Merit
Källor
Noter
- ^ läs online, www.govinfo.gov .[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ The Cabinet | The White House (på engelska), Lloyd Austin, läs online, läst: 31 juli 2021.[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ [a b] ”Biden nominerar Lloyd Austin till försvarsminister”. SVT.se. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/kallor-biden-nominerar-llloyd-austen-till-forsvarsminister-1. Läst 8 december 2020.
- ^ [a b] ”Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense” (på engelska). apnews.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 8 december 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201208070238/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lloyd-austin-army-coronavirus-pandemic-michele-flournoy-c9b128ddc9533b8ca42381677936d35e. Läst 8 december 2020.
- ^ Cooper, Helene; Martin, Jonathan; Schmitt, Eric (8 december 2020). ”Biden Plans to Tap Lloyd Austin, Former Iraq Commander, as Defense Secretary” (på amerikansk engelska). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/politics/lloyd-austin-biden-defense-secretary.html. Läst 2 mars 2021.
- ^ ”Retired Army general, Auburn trustee to speak at This is Auburn Speaker Series event” (på engelska). http://ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/news_articles/2017/10/retired-army-general,-auburn-trustee-to-speak-at-this-is-auburn-speaker-series-event.php. Läst 2 mars 2021.
- ^ läs online, www.president.gov.ua .[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ 1K-1399 Dėl apdovanojimo Lietuvos valstybės ordinais (på litauiska), läs online, läst: 3 mars 2024.[källa från Wikidata]
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Ribbon bar: Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III official portrait session, July 6, 2023. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
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U.S. President Joe Biden's official portrait, 2021
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