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Anthony Principi
Official portrait, 2001

4th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
In office January 23, 2001 – January 26, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Togo West
Succeeded by	Jim Nicholson
In office September 26, 1992 – January 20, 1993 Acting
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Ed Derwinski
Succeeded by	Jesse Brown
1st United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
In office March 17, 1989 – September 26, 1992
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hershel Gober

Personal details
Born	Anthony Joseph Principi (1944-04-16) April 16, 1944 (age 80) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	United States Naval Academy (BS) Seton Hall University (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1967–1980
Rank	Lieutenant Commander
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Anthony Joseph Principi (born April 16, 1944) is the former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He was appointed by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2001, and resigned on January 26, 2005. He Chaired the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, BRAC and is currently serving as a Consultant & Board member of several diverse Foundations & Corporations.

Early life

Principi was born in the East Bronx on April 16, 1944. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended St. Anastasia School there during his younger years. He graduated from Mount Saint Michael Academy in 1962 as the school's top athlete and student council president. In 1967, Principi graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He first saw active duty aboard the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy. Principi later served in the Vietnam War, commanding a River Patrol Unit in the Mekong Delta.

Principi earned his Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall in 1975, transferred from the Unrestricted Line as a Surface Warfare Officer to the Judge Advocate General Corps (JAGC) and was assigned to the United States Navy's JAGC office in San Diego. In 1980, he was transferred to Washington as a legislative counsel for the Department of the Navy. He left active duty in 1980 after 14 years of commissioned service to serve as Republican counsel to the Senate Armed Services Committee at the invitation of Senator John Tower of Texas.

Career

Principi has worked on national policy issues and has held several executive-level positions in federal government throughout his career. He chaired the Federal Quality Institute in 1991, and was chairman of the Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance established by Congress in 1996.

Principi served as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA's second-highest executive position, from March 17, 1989, to September 26, 1992, when he was named Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs by President George H. W. Bush. He served in that position until January 1993. Following that appointment, he served as Republican chief counsel and staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services.

From 1984 to 1988, he served as Republican chief counsel and staff director of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. He was the Veterans Administration's assistant deputy administrator for congressional and public affairs from 1983 to 1984, following three years as counsel to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

On March 15, 2005, President George W. Bush appointed nine members to serve on the 2005 BRAC Commission, with Principi to serve as the chairman. In October 2015, Principi was elected to the board of directors of Imprimis Pharmaceuticals.

References

^ Gittrich, Greg (January 19, 2001). "CABINET PICK WAS BX. BOY". Daily News. New York. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
Gittrich, Greg. "Cabinet Pick Was Bx. Boy", Daily News (New York), January 19, 2001. Accessed September 14, 2011. "A former principal at Mount Saint Michael, Magee said Principi rarely had time to make the half-hour ride to his parents' home on Winthrop Road in Teaneck, N.J."
"Anthony Principi '67, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Biography". USNAAAA. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017.
Lockwood, David E. (June 1, 2005). "Military Base Closures: Implementing the 2005 Round" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. RL32216.
Staff (October 1, 2015). "People". Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (Paper). Vol. 35, no. 17. p. 49. Imprimis Pharmaceuticals elected Anthony J. Principi to its board of directors

External links

Appearances on C-SPAN

Political offices
Preceded byPosition established	United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs 1989–1992	Succeeded byHershel Gober
Preceded byEd Derwinski	United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Acting 1992–1993	Succeeded byJesse Brown
Preceded byTogo West	United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs 2001–2005	Succeeded byJim Nicholson
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byRod Paigeas Former US Cabinet Member	Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Cabinet Member	Succeeded byMel Martínezas Former US Cabinet Member

v t e United States secretaries of veterans affairs
Derwinski Brown West Gober # Principi Nicholson Peake Shinseki McDonald Shulkin Wilkie McDonough # denotes acting secretary

United States secretaries of veterans affairs

# denotes acting secretary

Cabinet of President George W. Bush (2001–2009)

Cabinet
Vice President	Dick Cheney (2001–2009)
Secretary of State	Colin Powell (2001–2005) Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009) tenure
Secretary of the Treasury	Paul H. O'Neill (2001–2002) John W. Snow (2003–2006) Henry Paulson (2006–2009)
Secretary of Defense	Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006) Robert Gates (2006–2009)
Attorney General	John Ashcroft (2001–2005) Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007) Michael Mukasey (2007–2009)
Secretary of the Interior	Gale Norton (2001–2006) Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009)
Secretary of Agriculture	Ann Veneman (2001–2005) Mike Johanns (2005–2007) Ed Schafer (2008–2009)
Secretary of Commerce	Donald Evans (2001–2005) Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009)
Secretary of Labor	Elaine Chao (2001–2009)
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Tommy Thompson (2001–2005) Mike Leavitt (2005–2009)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Mel Martínez (2001–2004) Alphonso Jackson (2004–2008) Steve Preston (2008–2009)
Secretary of Transportation	Norman Mineta (2001–2006) Mary E. Peters (2006–2009)
Secretary of Energy	Spencer Abraham (2001–2005) Samuel Bodman (2005–2009)
Secretary of Education	Rod Paige (2001–2005) Margaret Spellings (2005–2009)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Anthony Principi (2001–2005) Jim Nicholson (2005–2007) James Peake (2007–2009)
Secretary of Homeland Security	Tom Ridge (2003–2005) Michael Chertoff (2005–2009)

Cabinet-level
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Christine Todd Whitman (2001–2003) Mike Leavitt (2003–2005) Stephen L. Johnson (2005–2009)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mitch Daniels (2001–2003) Joshua Bolten (2003–2006) Rob Portman (2006–2007) Jim Nussle (2007–2009)
Trade Representative	Robert Zoellick (2001–2005) Rob Portman (2005–2006) Susan Schwab (2006–2009)
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy	John P. Walters (2001–2009)
White House Chief of Staff	Andrew Card (2001–2006) Joshua Bolten (2006–2009)

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