Editing Clayton Yeutter (section)

{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Clayton Yeutter
|image        = Clayton Yeutter, 23rd Secretary of Agriculture, February 1989 - March 1991..jpg
|office       = [[Counselor to the President]]
|president    = [[George H. W. Bush]]
|term_start   = February 1, 1992
|term_end     = January 20, 1993
|predecessor  = [[Edwin Meese]] (1985)
|successor    = [[David Gergen]]
|office1      = Chair of the [[Republican National Committee]]
|term_start1  = January 25, 1991
|term_end1    = February 1, 1992
|predecessor1 = [[Lee Atwater]]
|successor1   = [[Richard Bond (RNC)|Richard Bond]]
|office2      = 23rd [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]]
|president2   = [[George H. W. Bush]]
|term_start2  = February 16, 1989
|term_end2    = March 1, 1991
|predecessor2 = [[Richard Edmund Lyng]]
|successor2   = [[Edward Rell Madigan]]
|office3      = 9th [[United States Trade Representative]]
|president3   = [[Ronald Reagan]]
|term_start3  = July 1, 1985
|term_end3    = January 20, 1989
|predecessor3 = [[Bill Brock]]
|successor3   = [[Carla Anderson Hills]]
|birth_name   = Clayton Keith Yeutter
|birth_date   = {{birth date|1930|12|10}}
|birth_place  = [[Eustis, Nebraska|Eustis]], [[Nebraska]], U.S.
|death_date   = {{death date and age|2017|03|04|1930|12|10}}
|death_place  = [[Potomac, Maryland|Potomac]], [[Maryland]], U.S.
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Jeanne Vierk|1952|1993|end=d.}}
* {{marriage|Cristena Bach|1995}}
}}
|children     = 7
|relations     = 9 (grandchildren)
|education    = [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]], [[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])<br>[[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
}}
'''Clayton Keith Yeutter''', [[ONZM]] ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|aɪ|t|ər}}; December 10, 1930 – March 4, 2017)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/us/clayton-yeutter-dead-us-trade-negotiator.html |title = Clayton Yeutter, Blunt Negotiator of Intricate Trade Deals, Dies at 86 - The New York Times|newspaper = The New York Times|date = March 9, 2017|last1 = Slotnik|first1 = Daniel E.}}</ref> was an American politician who served as [[United States secretary of agriculture]] under President [[George H. W. Bush]] from 1989 to 1991 before serving as counselor to the president in 1992. He served as [[United States trade representative]] from 1985 to 1989 and as [[Republican National Committee#Chairmen and Chairwomen of the Republican National Committee|chairman]] for the [[Republican National Committee]] from 1991 until 1992. Yeutter was employed as a senior advisor at the international law firm [[Hogan Lovells]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]  He additionally founded the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance at his alma mater, the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]. The university subsequently published his biography, ''Rhymes with Fighter''.

Yeutter was born in [[Eustis, Nebraska]]. Yeutter was a graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from which he received a multiple degrees in agricultural economics. Yeutter later served as [[Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs|assistant secretary of agriculture for marketing and consumer services]] from 1973 to 1974, [[Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services|assistant secretary of agriculture for international affairs and commodity programs]] from 1974 to 1975, and [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|deputy special representative for trade negotiations]] from 1975 to 1977.