Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer during a Senate Agriculture Committee confirmation hearing on 1/24/2008 (USDA Photo)43. G.W. BUSHHOME
OVERVIEW:
BORN:
August 8, 1946,
Bismarck, North Dakota
EDUCATION:
University of North Dakota (BA, 1969)
University of Denver (MBA, 1970)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 1992-2000:
Governor of North Dakota 2008-2009:
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
RESOURCES:
President Bush announces his nomination of Edward T. Schafer, the former Governor of North Dakota, as Secretary of the Agriculture from an event in the Roosevelt Room on 10/31/2007. (White House Photo by Chris Greenberg)
President George W. Bush listens as the Oath of Office is administered ceremoniously by Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Holding the Bible is Nancy Schafer, wife of the new secretary (White House photo by Chris Greenberg)
