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George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 31st United States secretary of agriculture from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 81st governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011 and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1991 to 2002.
Feb 6, 2004 · Sonny Perdue served two terms as the governor of Georgia, from 2003 to 2011. He was the first Republican chosen by Georgians to occupy the governor’s mansion since the Reconstruction -era election of Rufus Bullock in 1868.
Mar 1, 2022 · The Board of Regents today named former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as chancellor of the University System of Georgia (USG). Perdue will begin his duties as the system’s 14th chancellor on April 1, 2022.
Apr 26, 2017 · WASHINGTON — After Monday’s Senate confirmation vote in which he got strong bipartisan support, former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue was sworn in Tuesday morning as the 31st U.S. secretary of agriculture.
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is an American politician. He was the 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture from April 25, 2017 to January 20, 2021. He was the 81st Governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011.
Jan 8, 2021 · U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is among President Donald Trump's longest-serving senior advisors. The former two-term Georgia governor's policy impact on farmers could be...
Sonny Perdue, a native of Houston County, became Georgia's first Republican governor in 130 years when he was inaugurated on January 13, 2003. He served two terms, leaving office in 2011.
Mar 23, 2017 · Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture, sailed through his confirmation hearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday with a mix of...
Feb 15, 2022 · Georgia’s public university system said on Tuesday that former Gov. Sonny Perdue was its sole finalist to become chancellor, a choice that has outraged some professors and led a regional agency...
…direct political experience—though his cousin Sonny Perdue was a former governor of Georgia—his campaign touted his skills in business as key to achieving a balanced budget and tax reform. He also supported term limits in Congress and the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
