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| In office January 26, 2005 – present |
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| President | George W. Bush |
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| Preceded by | Marianne Lamont Horinko |
| Succeeded by | Stephen L. Johnson |
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14th Governor of Utah
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| In office 1993 – 2003 |
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| Lieutenant | Olene S. Walker |
| Preceded by | Norman H. Bangerter |
| Succeeded by | Olene S. Walker |
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| Born | February 11, 1951 Cedar City, Utah |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Michael Okerlund Leavitt (born February 11, 1951 in Cedar City, Utah) is an American politician, and is currently the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) a United States Politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin and the 7th The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States federal government's Environmental Protection Agency, and is thus responsible Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marianne Lamont Horinko served as Acting Administrator of the U Stephen L Johnson (born March 21, 1951 in Washington D C) is the current Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA List of Governors of Utah Territory Utah Territory was organized by Act of Congress on September 9, 1850. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Olene Smith Walker (b November 15 1930, Ogden Utah) Utah 's 15th governor was sworn into office November 5 2003 Norman H Bangerter (born January 4, 1933) (nicknamed "Norm" was Governor of Utah from 1985 to 1993 Olene Smith Walker (b November 15 1930, Ogden Utah) Utah 's 15th governor was sworn into office November 5 2003 Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Cedar City is a city in Iron County, Utah, United States, 250 miles south of Salt Lake City on Interstate 15. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Cedar City is a city in Iron County, Utah, United States, 250 miles south of Salt Lake City on Interstate 15. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters
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Career
A US Republican, Leavitt was the 14th Governor of the State of Utah. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. He was first elected in 1992, then he was re-elected in 1996 (with the largest vote total in state history) and in 2000 became only the second Governor in Utah history to be re-elected to a third term. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. As Governor, he held leadership positions in national and regional organizations, such as the Council of State Governments, over which he presided for a year.
While Governor, Leavitt and Roy Romer of Colorado were the two key founders of Western Governors University (WGU) one of the first exclusively online schools in the nation. Roy R Romer (born October 31, 1928 in Garden City Kansas, United States) was the 39th Governor of Colorado and served as the Western Governors University ( WGU) is a Non-profit, Online University. In addition to Leavitt and Romer, seventeen others were signatory governors creating WGU as a non-profit private university. Unlike Public universities, private universities generally do not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private
On August 11, 2003, Governor Leavitt was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency at a press conference in Aurora, Colorado. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. A news conference or press conference is a Media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and most often ask questions The City of Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality that is the third most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 59th most populous city He was confirmed to this office on October 28, 2003 by a vote of 88-8 in the United States Senate. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Leavitt resigned the Utah governor's office on November 5. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) He was sworn in as the 10th Administrator of the EPA the following day. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States federal government's Environmental Protection Agency, and is thus responsible On December 13, 2004, Leavitt was nominated by Bush to succeed Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services and was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote on January 26, 2005. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) a United States Politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin and the 7th The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives A voice vote in a Legislative body refers to a Vote taken on a topic where the participants merely respond verbally to a question with a spoken "yea" (yes Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Mr. Leavitt has described the avian influenza virus as the most serious threat to American security. For the H5N1 subtype of Avian influenza see H5N1. Avian influenza, sometimes Avian flu, and commonly Bird flu refers A virus (from the Latin virus meaning Toxin or Poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable Mr. Leavitt's cited the work of the World Health Organization's Dr. Michael McCoy as the most probative scientific work into the threat of the avian flu.
Leavitt also serves on the Homeland Security Advisory Council. See also United States Department of Homeland Security The Homeland Security Advisory Council is part of the Executive Office of the President
The Michael O. Leavitt Online Digital Collection is found at: http://www.leavittcollection.org
In August 2007, Leavitt became the first cabinet-level blogger in U. S. history.
Electoral history
- 2000 Race for Governor
- Michael Leavitt (R) (inc. ), 56%
- Bill Orton (D), 42%
- 1996 Race for Governor
- Michael Leavitt (R) (inc. William "Bill" Orton (born September 22, 1948) is a U ), 75%
- Jim Bradley (D), 23%
- 1992 Race for Governor
- Michael Leavitt (R), 42%
- Merrill Cook (I), 34%
- Stewart Hanson (D), 23%
Controversy
Gulfstream
In June of 2006, Leavitt came under criticism for misappropriation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Gulfstream III Emergency Response aircraft to, primarily, promote the newly reformed Medicare plan. E James Bradley, more commonly known as Jim Bradley, is currently serving as a councilman of Salt Lake County Utah. Merrill Cook (born May 6, 1946) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services based in unincorporated
Critics argue that Leavitt has irresponsibly used the aircraft since January of 2006, logging over $700,000 worth of flight time in the 14 seat private jet. Leavitt’s office maintains that the use of the aircraft was necessary and legal since the Senate Appropriations Committee approved his use of the aircraft, and commercial services could not meet the deadlines required by his engagements. The US Senate Committee on Appropriations is a Standing committee of the United States Senate. During two recent emergencies that the CDC has required use of the aircraft, they were forced to privately charter a different plane since the CDC’s GIII was in use by Leavitt. [1]
Leavitt Foundation controversies
There has been controversy over Leavitt's family charitable foundation, the Dixie and Anne Leavitt Foundation, which the Leavitt family established in 2000 and to which it has donated nearly $9 million of assets. A foundation is a legal categorization of Nonprofit organizations. It has provided them with tax write-offs for the donated assets. About a third of the foundation's assets have been loaned back to family businesses, such as a $332,000 loan to Leavitt Land and Investment Inc. , in which Mike Leavitt has a substantial interest. (Future affiliate transactions are prohibited because of a law passed by Congress in August 2006. [2]. )
In July 2006, National Public Radio reported that nearly $500,000 in charitable contributions from the foundation went to the Southern Utah Foundation, which then gave the money to the Southern Utah University as housing scholarships. Charitable contribution deductions for United States Federal Income Tax purposes are defined in section 170(c of the Internal Revenue Code as contributions Southern Utah University, or SUU is located in Cedar City Utah. About 50 students were placed, rent-free, in apartments owned by the Cedar Development Co. , which is owned by the Leavitt family, and the university then paid the donated money to the company as rent. [3] The students filled vacant apartments which the company had not been able to rent out.
Total charitable grants from the foundation during its first six years were $1,468,055. The foundation's principal beneficiaries have been Southern Utah University and the LDS Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known Other beneficiaries have included arts, educational and humanitarian organizations,[4] including the Leavitt family genealogical society. (Leavitt is a descendant of an old Massachusetts Puritan family, and a direct descendant of Dudley Leavitt, a Mormon pioneer who was named for his ancestor Thomas Dudley, the second colonial governor of Massachusetts. )
Personal
Leavitt graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and business from Southern Utah University and married Jacalyn Smith. Southern Utah University, or SUU is located in Cedar City Utah. They are the parents of five children.
Leavitt is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known He has acknowledged that some of his ancestors were polygamists, a few of whom were forced to flee to Canada to escape prosecution. His ancestor Dudley Leavitt, a Mormon pioneer born in Quebec of New Hampshire parents, was implicated in the brutal Mountain Meadows massacre in 1857. The Mountain Meadows massacre involved a mass slaughter of the Fancher-Baker emigrant Wagon train at Mountain Meadows in the Utah Territory by [1]
References
External links
- Michael O. Leavitt Archive
- Biography of the Secretary
- Leavitt's blog at HHS
- Blog item about public officials who blog
- NPR Story about Leavitt's blog
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Norman H. Bangerter |
Governor of Utah 1993–2003 |
Succeeded by Olene S. Walker |
| Preceded by Tom Carper Delaware |
Chairman of the National Governors Association 1999 – 2000 |
Succeeded by Parris Glendening Maryland |
| Preceded by Christine Todd Whitman |
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Served Under: George W. Bush 2003 – 2005 |
Succeeded by Stephen L. Johnson |
| Preceded by Tommy Thompson |
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Served Under: George W. Bush 2005 – present |
Incumbent |
| Order of precedence in the United States of America | ||
| Preceded by Ed Schafer |
United States Presidential Line of Succession 10th in line |
Succeeded by Steve Preston |
| Preceded by Elaine Chao |
United States order of precedence as of 2008 |
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| NAME | Leavitt, Michael Okerlund |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | 8th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cedar City, Utah, United States |
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