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The 'United States Deputy Secretary of Defense' is the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Defense. According to the U.S. Defense department website, the Deputy Secretary has the authority to
:''"[A]ct for the Secretary of Defense and exercise the powers of the Secretary on any and all matters for which the Secretary is authorized to act pursuant to law."''
The post of Deputy Secretary of Defense is currently held by Gordon R. England. He was preceded by Paul Wolfowitz, who became President of the World Bank on June 1, 2005.

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List of Deputy Secretaries

List of Deputy Secretaries

No.	Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1	Roger M. Kyes	1953–1954	Dwight D. Eisenhower
2	Robert B. Anderson	1954–1955	Dwight D. Eisenhower
3	Donald A. Quarles	1955–1959	Dwight D. Eisenhower
4	Thomas S. Gates	1959	Dwight D. Eisenhower
5	James H. Douglas	1959–1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
6	Roswell Gilpatric	1961–1964	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
7	Cyrus R. Vance	1964–1967	Lyndon B. Johnson
8	Paul H. Nitze	1967–1969	Lyndon B. Johnson
9	David Packard	1969–1971	Richard Nixon
10	Bill Clements	1971–1977	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
11	Charles W. Duncan, Jr.	1977–1979	Jimmy Carter
12	W. Graham Claytor	1979–1981	Jimmy Carter
13	Frank C. Carlucci	1981–1983	Ronald Reagan
14	W. Paul Thayer	1983–1984	Ronald Reagan
15	William Howard Taft IV	1984–1989	Ronald Reagan
16	Donald J. Atwood	1989–1993	George H. W. Bush
17	William J. Perry	1993–1994	Bill Clinton
18	John M. Deutch	1994–1995	Bill Clinton
19	John P. White	1995–1997	Bill Clinton
20	John Hamre	1997–2000	Bill Clinton
21	Rudy de Leon	2000–2001	Bill Clinton
22	Paul D. Wolfowitz	2001–2005	George W. Bush
23	Gordon R. England	2005–present	George W. Bush