Mark Esper

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mark Esper
Occupation	Lobbyist
Date Of Birth	Apr 26, 1964(1964-04-26)
Age	60
Birthplace	Uniontown
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Taurus

Mark Esper Biography

Mark Esper is one of the most popular and richest Lobbyist who was born on April 26, 1964 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States.

Esper was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the son of Pauline “Polly” (Reagan) and Thomas Joseph Esper. His father was a member of the Maronite Church. Esper graduated from Laurel Highlands High School outside Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1982. He received his Bachelor of Science in engineering from the United States Military Academy in 1986. Esper was a dean’s list student at West Point and received the Douglas MacArthur Award for Leadership. He received a master’s degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 1995 and a doctorate in public policy from George Washington University in 2008.

Esper was chief of staff at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, Esper served as a senior professional staffer for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. He was also a senior policy advisor and legislative director for U.S. senator Chuck Hagel. He was policy director for the House Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2002. From 2002 to 2004, Esper served in the George W. Bush administration as deputy assistant secretary of defense for negotiations policy, where he was responsible for a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and international security issues. He was director for national security affairs for the U.S. Senate under Senate majority leader Bill Frist from 2004 to 2006.

Mark Esper Net Worth

Mark Esper is one of the richest Lobbyist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Esper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mark Thomas Esper (born April 26, 1964) is the 27th and current United States secretary of defense, and a former U.S. Army officer and defense contractor lobbyist. He previously served as acting secretary of defense and was the 23rd United States secretary of the Army from 2017 to 2019. President Donald Trump announced on June 18, 2019, that Esper would become acting secretary of defense, succeeding acting secretary Patrick Shanahan. Before Shanahan withdrew his name from consideration for the position, Esper had been considered a leading candidate for the nomination, had the Senate declined to confirm Shanahan. Esper assumed the office of acting secretary on June 24, and was confirmed as 27th secretary of defense by the United States Senate with a vote of 90–8 on July 23, 2019.

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Who is Mark Esper Dating?

According to our records, Mark Esper married to Leah Esper. As of December 1, 2023, Mark Esper’s is not dating anyone.

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While serving as Army Secretary, Esper was asked by reporters in 2018 whether soldiers had concerns about serving beside openly transgender individuals. He replied that “It really hasn’t come up.” After he was nominated to become Secretary of Defense, he said that being transgender is not an issue with him, stating that he has met several transgender servicemembers and was impressed with many of them. He supports Directive-type Memorandum-19-004, claiming it is not a “blanket ban” on transgender military service and said that he believes anyone who can meet the military standards without “special accommodations” and is worldwide deployable should be able to serve, including transgender individuals as long as they can adhere to cisgendered standards associated with their biological sex. He said people in the military with gender dysphoria would have their condition assessed and “in many cases”, be offered waivers that would allow them to serve. He cited the United States Department of Defense’s 2018 Report and Recommendations on Military Service by Transgender Persons, which claims that persons who have a history of gender dysphoria, who have undergone medical treatments for gender transition, or who are unable or unwilling to meet the military’s standards associated with their biological sex, could hurt military readiness and effectiveness and should be evaluated to see whether they should be retained or expelled from service.

Facts & Trivia

Melissa Ranked on the list of most popular Lobbyist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mark Esper celebrates birthday on April 26 of every year.

President Trump announced his appointment of Esper as acting United States secretary of defense on June 18, 2019, after Acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan decided to withdraw his nomination. Four days later, it was announced that Trump would nominate Esper to serve as secretary of defense in a permanent capacity. On July 15, 2019, the White House formally sent his nomination to the Senate. Following his formal nomination to the Senate by President Trump, Esper was replaced as Acting Defense Secretary by Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, as the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 prevented Esper from serving as acting secretary while his nomination was formally under consideration. During that period, Esper reverted to his position as Secretary of the Army. The Senate Committee on Armed Services scheduled a hearing on the nomination for the next day. On July 22, 2019, the Senate voted 85–6 to invoke cloture on his nomination. On July 23, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 90–8.

Who is Mark Esper's wife?

Leah Esper

Who is the leader of Esper?

Mark Esper
Deputy| David Norquist (acting)
Preceded by| Patrick M. Shanahan (acting)
Succeeded by| Richard V. Spencer (acting)
23rd United States Secretary of the Army

Who is the current secretary of defense?

United States Secretary of Defense
Incumbent Lloyd Austin since January 22, 2021
United States Department of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense
Style| Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Abbreviation| SecDef

Who was the 26th secretary of defense?

James N. Mattis served as the 26th Secretary of Defense. A native of Richland, Washington, Secretary Mattis enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at the age of 18. After graduating from Central Washington University in 1971, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Who was the 27th secretary of defense?

The Honorable Mark T. Esper was sworn in as the 27th Secretary of Defense July 23, 2019 and served in that capacity until Nov. 9, 2020.