1. Home
  2. Appointees
  3. Richard Danzig

Richard Danzig

Secretary of the Navy · 1998

Richard Danzig, Secretary of the Navy. Richard Jeffrey Danzig is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 71st secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton. He served as an advisor of the President Barack Obama during his presidential campaign and was later the chairman of the national security think-tank, the Center for a New American Security.

Positions

  • Secretary of the Navy1998-11-16–2001-01-20

Biography

Richard Jeffrey Danzig is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 71st secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton. He served as an advisor of the President Barack Obama during his presidential campaign and was later the chairman of the national security think-tank, the Center for a New American Security.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More

From Senate roll call votes, Wikidata, Wikipedia and Office of Government Ethics records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “Richard Danzig: Secretary of the Navy,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/wQ381610/richard-danzig (accessed 2026-10-13).