Ronald Reagan
1911 – 2004 American President of the United States
President during the Iran-Contra affair.
- Religion
- Presbyterian
- Affiliations
- President from 1981 to 1989; his administration carried out the Iran-Contra affair and backed the Nicaraguan Contras and Afghan mujahideen.
Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. His administration secretly sold arms to Iran and used the proceeds to fund the Nicaraguan Contras, in violation of a congressional ban. The scheme became the Iran-Contra affair, one of the biggest scandals of his presidency.
Connections
- associate of Oliver North — NSC staffer who ran the Iran-Contra operation.
- associate of William Casey — His CIA director during the covert operations.
- associate of William Casey — Served as his CIA director.
In the timeline
- 1957 Reagan retells Hall's tale at Eureka College mentioned
- 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes British prime minister mentioned
- 1980 Ronald Reagan elected president central figure
- 1980 Reagan's 1980 election landslide mentioned
- 1981 Reagan's Parade essay drawn from Manly P. Hall mentioned
- 1981 Ronald Reagan becomes U.S. president central figure
- 1986 Reagan's Statue of Liberty centenary speech mentioned
- 1986 Tower Commission established on Iran-Contra mentioned
- 1988 An astrologer in the Reagan White House mentioned