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William R. Burgess III
61st United States Secretary of State
In office January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
President	George H.W. Bush
Preceded by	George P. Shultz
Succeeded by	Warren Christopher
67th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office August 17, 1986 – January 20, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Don Regan
Succeeded by	James Baker
6th President of the World Bank Group
In office July 1, 1981 – July 1, 1986
Preceded by	Robert McNamara
Succeeded by	Barber Conable
11th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
In office August 8, 1975 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Caspar Weinberger
Succeeded by	Joseph A. Califano Jr.
11th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office February 12, 1973 – May 20, 1975
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	George H. W. Bush
Succeeded by	Daniel Patrick Moynihan
1st United States Deputy Secretary of State 23rd United States Under Secretary of State
In office December 4, 1970 – Feburary 1, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Elliot Richardson
Succeeded by	Kenneth Rush
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 37th district
In office January 22, 1963 – December 2, 1970
Preceded by	Howard W. Robison
Succeeded by	TBD
Personal details
Born	William Rupert Burgess III (1928-09-13) September 13, 1928 Rochester, New York
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Alice Wadsworth ​ ​ (m. 1948; died 1998)​
Children	William IV Elizabeth Hamilton
Alma mater	Yale University (B.A., LL.B.) Columbia University (LL.M.)

William Rupert Burgess III GCMG (born September 13, 1928) is a American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A member of the Republican Party, he is one of only three individuals to serve in four United States Cabinet positions within the United States government, the other being his contemporaries Elliot Richardson and George Schultz. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in New York's 37th congressional district in 1962, and was re-elected three times (in 1964, 1968, 1970). In 1970 he was appointed United States Under Secretary of State by Richard Nixon, Ambassador to the United Nations in 1973, and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Gerald Ford in 1975.

In 1981 he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to serve as President of the World Bank, serving for five years before becoming Secretary of the Treasury in 1986. In 1989 Burgess was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as United States Secretary of State, serving until the administration's end in 1993. and declined to seek the presidency in 1996 and 2000.

Initially a liberal republican in the mold of Nelson Rockefeller, Burgess adapted to the party's rightwards shift but remained a moderate figure. The patriarch of the highly influential and politically prominent Burgess family, he was the sixth member of the family to serve in a presidential cabinet and the fifth in the House of Representatives. He was estimated to be worth $2.1 billion in 2011, and exerts significant control over the family's commercial interests. He is the father of United States Ambassador to Japan William R. Burgess IV and congressman Hamilton Burgess, and the grandfather of current Congresswoman Helen Burgess.

Early life

Furthermore, as family head, he is the 8th and present Earl of Stratfield in the Peerage of Great Britain. In 1977, after leaving office, he was appointed President of Chemical Bank, and in 1980 also became its CEO. He stepped aside in 1981 to become President of the World Bank and was succeeded by Walter V. Shipley.

External links

• Australian Electoral Commission
• The Green Guide—Antony Green's Guide to the 2010 Federal Election (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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