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Alan Greenspan

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Alan Greenspan
13th Chair of the Federal Reserve
In office
August 11, 1987 – January 31, 2006
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
DeputyManuel H. Johnson
David W. Mullins, Jr.
Alice Rivlin
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Preceded byPaul Volcker
Succeeded byBen Bernanke
10th Chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisors
In office
1974–1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byHerbert Stein
Succeeded byCharles Schultze
Personal details
Born (1926-03-06) March 6, 1926 (age 98)
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Joan Mitchell
(1952–1953; annulled)
Andrea Mitchell
(1997–present)
ResidenceNew York City, New York
Washington, D.C.
Alma materNew York University
(B.S., M.A., PhD)
ProfessionEconomist

Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist.

Early life

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Greenspan was born on March 6, 1926 in New York City, New York to a Romanian-Hungarian-Jewish family. He studied at George Washington High School and at New York University.

He was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006. He currently works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2005.

Greenspan was first appointed Federal Reserve chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987. He was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006 after the second-longest tenure in the position.

Personal life

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Greenspan was married to Joan Mitchell from 1952 until they annulled their marriage in 1953. He married Andrea Mitchell in 1997.[1] He now lives in New York City and in Washington, D.C..

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