Richard Lugar
Richard Green Lugar (April 4, 1932 – April 28, 2019) was an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was on the Foreign Relations Committee. Before becoming a Senator, he was mayor of Indianapolis. Lugar ran for an eighth term in 2012, but lost the Republican primary on May 8, 2012 to Richard Mourdock.
Richard Lugar | |
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| United States Senator from Indiana | |
| In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Vance Hartke |
| Succeeded by | Joe Donnelly |
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations | |
| In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Biden |
| Succeeded by | Joe Biden |
| In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Percy |
| Succeeded by | Claiborne Pell |
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry | |
| In office January 20 – June 6, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Harkin |
| Succeeded by | Tom Harkin |
| In office January 4, 1995 – January 3, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Patrick Leahy |
| Succeeded by | Tom Harkin |
| 44th Mayor of Indianapolis | |
| In office January 1, 1968 – January 1, 1976 | |
| Preceded by | John J. Barton |
| Succeeded by | William H. Hudnut III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Green Lugar April 4, 1932 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 2019 (aged 87) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Charlene Smeltzer (m. 1956) |
| Education | Denison University (BA) Pembroke College, Oxford (BA, MA) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1957–1960 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant |
Lugar ran for President of the United States in 1996 but lost the Republican nomination to Bob Dole.
Lugar died on April 28, 2019 in Falls Church, Virginia, from problems caused by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. He was 87.[1]
Richard Lugar Media
Lugar in 1977, during his first term in the Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar and Committee member Barack Obama at a base near Perm, Russia. This is where mobile launch missiles are being destroyed by the Nunn-Lugar program.
Senator Lugar tours an agricultural research facility.
Senator Richard Lugar inspects an SS-18 ICBM being readied for destruction in Suravatikha, Russia on August 27, 2002. The SS-18 was the largest ICBM developed by the Soviet Union and carried 10 independently targeted nuclear warheads.
Lugar's presidential campaign logo
Sen. Susan Collins at an event facilitated by The Lugar Center
Logo of Sen. Richar Lugar's think tank, The Lugar Center
A sample from the Lugar Bipartisan Index, compiled by the Lugar Center
Richard Lugar meeting with actress Ashley Judd in 2005
Richard Lugar and then-President Ronald Reagan, July 1981
References
- ↑ Groppe, Maureen (April 28, 2019). "Former Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, a foreign policy giant, dies". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/28/richard-lugar-dies-former-indiana-senator/3608748002/. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
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