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Ron Brown (U.S. politician) For other people named Ron Brown, see Ron Brown (disambiguation). Ronald Harmon Ron Brown (August 1, 1941 â April 3, 1996) was the United States Secretary of Commerce, serving during the first term of President Bill Clinton. He was the first African American to hold this position. He was killed, along with 34 others, in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia.