Jim Mattis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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26th United States Secretary of Defense; United States Marine Corps general
Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1950
Place of Birth: Pullman, Washington, United States
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Jim Mattis
- James Norman Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is an American veteran and former government official who served as the 26th United States Secretary of Defense from January 2017 through December 2018.
- A retired United States Marine Corps general, Mattis served in the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. Mattis was commissioned in the Marine Corps through the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps after graduating from Central Washington University.
- A career Marine, he gained a reputation among his peers for "intellectualism", and eventually advanced to the rank of general.
- From 2007 to 2010 he commanded the United States Joint Forces Command and concurrently served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation.
- He was Commander of United States Central Command from 2010 to 2013 with Admiral Bob Harward serving as his Deputy Commander.
- After retiring from the military, he served in several private sector roles, including as a board member of Theranos.Mattis was nominated as Secretary of Defense by President-elect Donald Trump, and confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 2017.
- As Secretary of Defense, Mattis affirmed the United States' commitment to defending longtime ally South Korea in the wake of the 2017 North Korea crisis.
- An opponent of proposed collaboration with China and Russia, Mattis stressed what he saw as their "threat to the American-led world order".
- Mattis occasionally voiced his disagreement with certain Trump administration policies such as the withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, withdrawals of troops from Syria and Afghanistan, and budget cuts hampering the ability to monitor the impacts of climate change.
- On December 20, 2018, after failing to convince Trump to reconsider his decision to withdraw all American troops from Syria, Mattis announced his resignation effective February 28, 2019.
- Trump, angered by the language of the resignation letter, accelerated the departure date to January 1, stating he had essentially fired him.
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