Carole Hillard

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Carole K. Hillard (born August 14, 1936 in Deadwood , South Dakota , †  October 25, 2007 in Lausanne , Switzerland ) was an American politician . Between 1995 and 2003 she was lieutenant governor of the state of South Dakota.

Career

Carole Hillard was born as Carol Rykema. In 1954 she graduated from Deadwood High School . Until 1957 she attended the University of Arizona . Decades later, she studied education and political science at South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota in 1982 and 1984, respectively . In 1957 she married John Hillard, with whom she would have five children. Between 1967 and 1982 she and her husband owned the Rapid Chevrolet company . She also devoted herself to politics as a member of the Republican Party . She served on Rapid City Council from 1985 to 1992 and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1991 to 1994 . In doing so, she campaigned for the interests of women.

In 1994 Hillard was elected lieutenant governor of South Dakota alongside Bill Janklow . She held this office after being re-elected between 1995 and 2003. She was Deputy Governor and Chairwoman of the State Senate . She was the first woman to hold the second highest office in South Dakota. In 1996 she ran unsuccessfully in her party's primary election for the US Senate . After her time as Vice Governor, she worked as an advisor and temporarily on behalf of the Foreign Ministry in over 60 countries. There were also some crisis areas. She was often on business trips. In 2007 she was an election observer in the West Bank . In March 2007 she organized a conference in the Afghan capital Kabul and in September in Turkmenistan . She used the term Humanitarian Junkie to describe her activities after serving as Lieutenant Governor .

On October 8, 2007, she had a serious accident while on a sailing trip on the Adriatic . In addition to several broken bones, she suffered a cervical vertebra injury. She was taken to a hospital in Zagreb and then transferred to a clinic in Lausanne, where she died on October 25 after suffering a stroke.

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personal data
SURNAME Hillard, Carole
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rykema, Carole (maiden name); Hillard, Carole K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Deadwood , South Dakota
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2007
Place of death Lausanne , Switzerland