Michael Deaver | |
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White House Deputy Chief of Staff | |
In office January 20, 1981 – May 1985 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Landon Butler |
Succeeded by | Ken Duberstein |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Keith Deaver April 11, 1938 Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
Died | August 18, 2007 Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 69)
Political party | Republican |
Education | San Jose State University (BA) |
Michael Keith Deaver (April 11, 1938 – August 18, 2007) was an American politician. He was a member of President Ronald Reagan's White House staff as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under James Baker III and Donald Regan from January 1981 until May 1985.[1][2]
On March 18, 1987, Deaver was convicted of perjury for congressional testimony he had submitted.[3][4] He was convicted on three of five counts of perjury. He was sentenced to three years in prison, but the sentence was reduced to three years of probation.[5]
Deaver died of pancreatic cancer on August 18, 2007, at age 69 at his home in Bethesda, Maryland.[6]