Manuel Lujan Jr.

Manuel Lujan Jr.

Born

May 12, 1928

Died

April 25, 2019 (90 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Manuel Archibald Lujan Jr. (1928-2019) was an American politician from New Mexico who sat in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from 1969 to 1989 and was the United States secretary of the interior from 1989 to 1993. He was a colleague of George H. W. Bush in the House from 1969 to 1971. In 1989, President Bush named Lujan to his cabinet.