Ronald Reagan was a president.
List of Presidents of the United States . The most recent death of a former president was on December 26 , 2006 with the death of Gerald Ford ; the most recently serving president to die was Ronald Reagan on June 5 , 2004 . Reaganomics ( [ reɪgəˈnɒmɪks ] a portmanteau of [ Ronald ] Reagan and economics attributed to Paul Harvey ) refers to the economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s . Ronald Reagan . Before his presidency , he was the 33rd Governor of California , from 1967 to 1975 , after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader .