国际英语新闻：Former US State Secretary Haig dies at 85

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig died on Saturday in hospital at 85.

According to Haig's family, the Republican veteran politician passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, from complications associated with an infection.

He was admitted to the hospital on Jan. 28 and has remaining in critical condition since then, said the hospital.

Haig, who was born in December, 1924, is a retired Army four-star general and served as the State Secretary under President Ronald Reagan form Jan. 22, 1981 to July 5, 1982. He also has served as a top adviser to former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

In 1988, Haig ran for the Republican Party nomination for president against George H.W. Bush, but did not succeed.