Peter Shumlin

Peter Shumlin (2012)

Peter Shumlin (born March 24, 1956 in Brattleboro , Vermont ) is an American politician . He was governor of the state of Vermont from January 2011 to January 2017 .

Life

Peter Shumlin attended the Buxton School in Vermont and graduated from Wesleyan University . From 1990 to 1992 he was an MP in the Vermont House of Representatives ; thereafter he was a member of the State Senate from 1992 to 2002 and from 2006 to 2011 . On November 2, 2010, he was elected as a Democratic candidate for governor of Vermont. Previous Republican Governor Jim Douglas was the election not started again. Shumlin prevailed with around 4000 votes ahead of the previous Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie . In 2012 and 2014, Shumlin was re-elected as governor. In 2016 he decided not to run again. His successor was his previous deputy Phil Scott .

In April 2012, Shumlin hit the international headlines for a curious and daring act when he met four bears in front of his home in Montpelier, who were sitting in a tree in front of his house, helping themselves at the birdseed in the feeder and thereby the politician woke up. When he bravely went out, grabbed the dispenser and fled back inside, one of the larger bears followed him.

Shumlin later stated in the press that "One of the bigger bears got interested in me." “He was probably less than six feet away when I slammed the door. Then he ran away. “He learned something from it, said the 56-year-old. "If you still want to feed the birds at this time of year, take the feed dispenser off at night."

Shumlin lives in Putney with his family .

Web links

Commons : Peter Shumlin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography on the website of the governor (English)
• Biography at the Senate of Vermont (English)
• Peter Shumlin in the National Governors Association (English)