Richard Green Lugar Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Richard "Green Dick" Lugar, KBE (born April 4, 1932), is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States Senator, representing Indiana from 1977 to 2013.Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lugar is a graduate of Denison University and Oxford University. He served on the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners from 1964 to 1967 before he was elected to two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, serving from 1968 to 1976. During his tenure as Mayor, Lugar served as the President of the National League of Cities in 1971 and gave the keynote address at the 1972 Republican National Convention.In 1974, Lugar ran a failed campaign for the U.S. Senate, losing to incumbent Democratic senator Birch Bayh. He ran again in 1976, defeating Democratic incumbent Vance Hartke. Lugar was reelected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006. In 2012, Lugar was defeated in a primary challenge by Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, ending his 36-year tenure in the U.S. Senate. Mourdock went on to lose the general election to Democrat Joe Donnelly. Lugar ran for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1996 but did not win any primaries or caucuses.During Lugar's tenure, he served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1985 to 1987 and from 2003 to 2007, serving as the ranking member of the committee from 2007 until his retirement in 2013. Lugar also twice served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, from 1995 to 2001 and briefly again in part of 2001. Much of Lugar's work in the Senate was toward the dismantling of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons around the world, co-sponsoring his most notable piece of legislation with Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn: the Nunn-Lugar Act.He is also the longest-serving senator in Indiana's history and until his defeat was the most senior Republican member of the Senate.After leaving the Senate, Lugar created a nonprofit organization that specializes in the policy areas he pursued while in office. The Lugar Center focuses on food and energy security, the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and effective bipartisan governance. Located in Washington, D.C., the Center works with academics, experts, and policymakers in order to create proposals for these 21st century issues. The Center works to highlight these specific topics and their implications, as well as educating the public on them.
Full Name
Richard Green Lugar
Net Worth
$1.4 Million
Date Of Birth
April 4, 1932
Place Of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Profession
Actor
Work Position
Republican Party nominee for United States Senator from Indiana
Spouse
Charlene Smeltzer Lugar
Nicknames
Richard Lugar, Lugar, Richard
Known For
Hold at All Costs: The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry (2010), Have You Heard from Johannesburg?: Apartheid and the Club of the West (2006), Last Best Chance (2005), Something to Cheer About (2002)
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
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Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 by President Barack Obama.
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Ran for Republican presidential nomination in 1996, but dropped out.
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Lost 2012 Republican Senate primary [May 8, 2012].
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Mayor of Indianapolis (1968-1975).
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Graduated in 1954 from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
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U.S. Senator from Indiana, 3 January 1977 - 3 January 3, 2013.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Janie
1963
TV Series
Mr. Mayor
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Have You Heard from Johannesburg?: Apartheid and the Club of the West
2006
Documentary
Himself
This Week
2006
TV Series
Himself
Face the Nation
2005-2006
TV Series
Himself
Last Best Chance
2005
Video
Himself
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
2005
TV Series
Himself
PBS NewsHour
2004
TV Series
Himself - Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee
60 Minutes
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself - Senator, Indiana (segment "Weapons of Mass Destruction")
Something to Cheer About
2002
Documentary
Himself (as Sen. Richard Lugar)
Frontline
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself - Foreign Relations Committee
Election 83
1983
TV Movie
Himself (as Senator Richard Lugar)
Firing Line
1980
TV Series
Himself - Guest
State of the Union with Candy Crowley
2011
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Charlie Rose
2002-2011
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Meet the Press
2003-2011
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Senator, Indiana
Turmoil & Triumph: The George Shultz Years
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Hold at All Costs: The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry
