“Just look at business track records is what I would say, and that’s what I would take a peek at before I would make a decision about who you partner with.”
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Doug Burgum
Douglas James Burgum is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 55th United States secretary of the interior since 2025 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd governor of North Dakota from 2016 to 2024.
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business · American politician and businessman (born 1956) · politician · businessperson · angel investor · entrepreneur · governor · also Doug Burgum, Douglas J. Burgum, Douglas James Burgum, Doug J. Burgum, Douglas Burgum, Doug James Burgum
Born 1 August 1956 · Q22095395
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s problems, including crime, homelessness, and mental health. He said that if elected president he would overhaul the reimbursement systems for mental health care and would find a place for the private sector to get involved in funding solutions for substance use disorders. As governor, Burgum shifted some of North Dakota
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2026· 8 entries
“s problems, including crime, homelessness, and mental health. He said that if elected president he would overhaul the reimbursement systems for mental health care and would find a place for the private sector to get involved in funding solutions for substance use disorders. As governor, Burgum shifted some of North Dakota”
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“s public lands and waters as part of the country”
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Madison.com: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says nation will expand hunting, fishing options during Trempealeau visit
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2025· 10 entries
Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz Island and its inactive prison, after Trump commented on reopening the prison in May
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Burgum did not address the prospect of 250 million acres of Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service land becoming eligible for sale under the proposed "Big Beautiful Bill
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Burgum completed his disclosures and divestitures, which included numerous pieces of farmland in both North Dakota and Minnesota stating that he would "receive only rent or royalties pursuant to the crop share agreement
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Claimed: “Startup can bring back species from extinction” — rated Misleading by AFP Fact Check.
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Trump announced that Burgum, as interior secretary, would lead his "National Energy Dominance Council" with Secretary of Energy Chris Wright as vice-chairman
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Burgum was sworn in as the fifty-fifth United States secretary of the interior
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Burgum was sworn in as the fifty-fifth U
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Burgum was confirmed by the U
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Burgum's nomination in a 18–2 vote
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Interior (2025).
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2024· 16 entries
Published video “Thank you, North Dakota! — Governor Doug Burgum”.
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Published video “2025-27 Executive Budget Address - North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum”.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of Burgum for Secretary of the Interior in the second Trump administration
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President-elect Trump announced his intention to nominate Burgum as the United States secretary of the interior
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Published video “2024 Governor's Awards for Excellence in Public Service”.
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Published video “System Transformation Award | Governor's Summit on Innovative Education”.
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Published video “Be Legendary School Board Recognition | Governor's Summit on Innovative Education”.
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Published video “Pathways Innovation Award | Governor's Summit on Innovative Education”.
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Published video “Frontline Innovation Award | Governor's Summit on Innovative Education”.
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Published video “Collaborative Culture Award | Governor's Summit on Innovative Education”.
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Published video “Student Leadership Award | Governor's Summit on Innovative Education”.
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Published video “Gov. Burgum Closing | Governor's Summit on Innovative Education”.
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Burgum announced that he would not run for a third term as governor
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Burgum said in an interview that he likes the music of Keith Urban and enjoys watching the television shows Yellowstone and Ted Lasso
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Said his position on abortion had evolved in that he believes abortion laws should be left to the individual states
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Campaign: 2024 presidential election.
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2023· 9 entries
Burgum announced that he was suspending his campaign, citing frustration with the RNC's high threshold of donations and polling to qualify for debates
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A special session of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly was called after the North Dakota Supreme Court struck down the state's budget as unconstitutional, stating that the general budget did not meet North Dakota's c
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Claimed: “For electric vehicles, "the batteries come from China."” — rated This is accurate by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"We've got a plan right now, the $1.2 trillion of Green New Deal spending buried in the ‘Inflation Creation Act’ is something that is just subsidizing China."” — rated Misleading by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"The Biden administration wanted to put 87,000 people in the IRS as opposed to giving the money in the support we need to our own border patrol."” — rated Misleading by PolitiFact.
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Began offering $20 gift cards for a donation of any amount to his primary campaign
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Posted a video to his Twitter account teasing a "big announcement" for June 7
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Burgum vetoed a bill to raise the state interstate speed limit to 80 mph
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Signed House Bill 1398, requiring cybersecurity education for all K-12 Students, making North Dakota the first state to have a cybersecurity education requirement for its students
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2022· 1 entry
Sanford resigned, citing a desire to return to the private sector
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2021· 3 entries
Burgum signed a law banning the teaching of critical race theory in North Dakota K-12 schools
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Signed a bill into law that exempted Social Security from North Dakota's state income tax
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Burgum claimed that announcement of the goal sparked $25 billion in private sector investment
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2019· 1 entry
Burgum signed legislation to develop a central cybersecurity operations center for the state's network of over 250,000 users and 400 state and local government entities under the Executive Branch's IT Department-North Da
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2016· 3 entries
Burgum married Kathryn Helgaas
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Burgum announced his candidacy for governor of North Dakota as a Republican
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Career landmark: Governor of North Dakota (2016–2024).
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2013· 1 entry
Created plans to build the tallest building in Fargo—a 23-story mixed-use building—to be named either Block 9 or Dakota Place
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2012· 1 entry
Became the first chairman of the board for Atlassian, after it expanded from its initial board of three members (none of whom served as chair)
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2011· 1 entry
The Burgum family donated about $800,000 to the Plains Art Museum in Fargo to support its Center for Creativity, which is named in honor of Burgum's mother, Katherine Kilbourne Burgum
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2009· 2 entries
Was "urged to apply" for the position of president of North Dakota State University, but in 2010 he was passed over for Dean Bresciani
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Burgum received the Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award from Governor John Hoeven
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2008· 3 entries
Burgum started the Doug Burgum Family Fund, which focuses its charitable giving on youth, education, and health
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In 2008, Burgum started the Doug Burgum Family Fund, which focuses its charitable giving on youth, education, and health.
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Burgum co-founded Arthur Ventures, a venture capital company that invests in businesses involved in technology, life sciences, and clean technologies
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2005· 1 entry
Expressed interest in stepping down as senior vice president to become chairman of Microsoft Business Solutions
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2001· 2 entries
Burgum sold Great Plains Software to Microsoft for $1
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Burgum donated a refurbished school building he had acquired in 2000 to North Dakota State University
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1999· 1 entry
The company acquired Match Data Systems, a development team in the Philippines
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1984· 1 entry
Burgum led a group of investors, including relatives, who purchased a controlling interest in Great Plains Software from Joseph C
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1980· 1 entry
Studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Master of Business Administration (1978–1980).
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1978· 1 entry
With a bachelor's degree in university studies and earning an MBA from Stanford University two years later, he mortgaged inherited farmland in 1983 to invest in Great Plains Software in Fargo
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1956· 2 entries
In Arthur, North Dakota, the son of Katherine (née Kilbourne) and Joseph Boyd Burgum, who were both of English descent
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Born 1956-08-01.
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