Mike Parson

Mike Parson (2018)

Mike Parson (born September 17, 1955 in Clinton , Missouri ) is an American politician and since June 1, 2018 Governor of the state of Missouri. He previously served in both chambers of the state legislature ; from January 2017 he was Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. After Governor Eric Greitens submitted his resignation due to a scandal in June 2018, Parson automatically became the new head of government. He then appointed Mike Kehoe as the new Lieutenant Governor of Missouri.

Career

Mike Parson grew up on a farm in Hickory County . In 1973 he graduated from Wheatland High School . He then studied at the University of Hawaii and the University of Maryland . He served in the United States Army for six years, stationed in Germany and Hawaii . He later worked as a farmer, among other things. He also served in the police force and became a sheriff in Polk County . He held this office for twelve years until 2004.

Politically, he joined the Republican Party . Between 2004 and 2010 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives ; from 2010 he sat in the State Senate . On November 8, 2016, Parson was elected the new Lieutenant Governor of Missouri alongside Eric Greitens . He took up this position on January 9, 2017. This made him deputy governor and formal chairman of the state senate. With the resignation of Eric Greitens in the wake of a scandal on June 1, 2018, he became Missouri's 57th governor. According to the state's constitution, he will serve for the remainder of the current term through January 2021, with re-election in the 2020 gubernatorial election. In September 2019, Parson announced that he would seek a separate mandate for the governorship in the 2020 election.

Web links

Commons : Mike Parson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mike Parson at Project Vote Smart
• Mike Parsons biography on Ballotpedia
• Parson's election as Lieutenant Governor 2016 at Ballotpedia

Individual evidence

1. ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): US Governor Eric Greitens resigns | DW | 05/30/2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Who Is Mike Parson, Missouri's New Governor? In: The New York Times . May 29, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed June 1, 2018]).