Roy Barnes
Search results
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III [1] (born December 20, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 31st United States secretary of agriculture from 2017 to 2021. [2] 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 ...
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.
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.
Nov 5, 2002 · Sonny Perdue became Georgia’s 81st governor on November 5, 2002, Today in Georgia History. He was the first Republican governor elected in Georgia in more than 130 years, but George “Sonny” Perdue III began his political life as a Democrat. Perdue was a baby boomer, born in 1946 in Perry, Georgia.
The Board of Regents named Dr. Sonny Perdue the 14th chancellor of the University System of Georgia effective April 1, 2022. He oversees 26 public colleges and universities with a more than $11.5 billion annual budget, 48,000 faculty and staff and more than 344,000 students.
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.
Apr 25, 2017 · (Washington, D.C., April 25, 2017) – Sonny Perdue was sworn in as the 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by fellow Georgian and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a brief ceremony today at the Supreme Court building.
