Ziegler held the record for the youngest White House press secretary until 2025, when Karoline Leavitt, aged 27, became Press Secretary at the beginning of the Second presidency of Donald Trump. [5] Ziegler was the White House press secretary during the …

Ronald Louis Ziegler (May 12, 1939 – February 10, 2003) was an American political aide who served as the 14th White House Press Secretary during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1974. Ziegler is best known for his role in managing the press during the Watergate scandal, a political crisis that ultimately led to Nixon's resignation ...

Ronald Ziegler served throughout the Nixon administration, from January 1969 to August 1974, as Press Secretary to the President.

In White House press secretary: Successes and failures in the late 20th century. Richard Nixon’s press secretary Ronald Ziegler, the youngest to hold the position at the time and a relatively inexperienced journalist, described the Watergate break-in as a “third-rate burglary attempt.”

Feb 12, 2003 · Ronald L. Ziegler, the White House press secretary whose dogged defense of President Richard M. Nixon through the travails of Watergate made him the public face of a presidency struggling...

Feb 11, 2003 · Ron Ziegler, the press secretary to President Richard Nixon who dismissed the Watergate break-in as “a third-rate burglary,” died Monday of a heart attack in Coronado, Calif. He was 63.

The White House Press Secretary is a job at the White House. Press secretaries act as the primary spokesperson for the United States Government and the President, senior executives, and policies. Karoline Leavitt is the current White House Press Secretary.

In 1969, when he was just 29, Ziegler became the youngest White House Press Secretary in history, serving in the Nixon Administration. He was also the first press secretary to use the White House Press Briefing Room when it was completed in 1970.

Feb 11, 2003 · Ron Ziegler, the combative former press secretary to President Nixon who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary," died Monday of a heart attack, his wife said. He was...

Feb 12, 2003 · Ron Ziegler, the press secretary for President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, has died at the age of 63. Ziegler, who became the youngest White House press spokesman after he...