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Sonny Perdue
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III is an American politician, veterinarian, 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.
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Born 20 December 1946 · Q525362
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2026· 5 entries
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Sonny Perdue’s final exam: Overhauling USG funding formula before he retires
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11Alive: Sonny Perdue retiring as chancellor of University System of Georgia
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Yahoo: Sonny Perdue Retires as Chancellor of the University system of Georgia
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Sonny Perdue announces retirement as head of University System of Georgia
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2022· 1 entry
The Board of Regents of University System of Georgia appointed Perdue as the system's 14th chancellor, effective April 1, 2022
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2021· 1 entry
New York Magazine: Sonny Perdue
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2019· 2 entries
“liberals have lost all credibility when it comes to climate science because their arguments have become so ridiculous and so obviously disconnected from reality.”
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Said that "we don't know" what causes climate change
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2018· 4 entries
Food Safety News: Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
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For President Trump's first State of the Union address
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Career landmark: designated survivor (2018–2018).
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For 12 million dollars, but due to the secretive nature of the trusts, this was not widely disclosed
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2017· 4 entries
Claimed: “Easing school lunch regulations "is not reducing the nutritional standards whatsoever."” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Perdue to be Secretary of Agriculture
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President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Perdue to be United States secretary of agriculture
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Agriculture (2017–2021).
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2016· 1 entry
Perdue's company AGrowStar purchased property and a facility from Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), a large American agribusiness corporation that the Department of Agriculture regulates
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2011· 1 entry
Founded Perdue Partners, which facilitated the export of U
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2008· 1 entry
Perdue worked with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency to implement Ready Georgia, a campaign to increase disaster preparedness throughout the state
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2007· 4 entries
While Georgia suffered from one of the worst droughts in several decades, Perdue led a group of several hundred people in prayer on the steps of the state Capitol
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Governor Perdue began to pursue the goal of making Georgia the "bass-fishing tourism mecca"
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Runs through December 2027 with most payments $1 million a year in bond money
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Perdue convinced a skeptical legislature to approve a $19 million fishing tourism program he called Go Fish Georgia
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2006· 7 entries
In 2006, Perdue's financial disclosure forms revealed that he had a net worth of approximately $6 million and received compensation of $700,000 that year.
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Perdue's financial disclosure forms revealed that he had a net worth of approximately $6 million and received compensation of $700,000 that year
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Perdue signed a law that gave Georgia "some of the nation's toughest measures against illegal immigrants
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“You know, I think it’s weather patterns, frankly. And you know, and they change, as I said. It rained yesterday, it’s a nice pretty day today. So the climate does change in short increments and in long increments.”
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While still governor, Perdue made a cameo appearance as the coach of the East Carolina Pirates football team in the movie We Are Marshall, large portions of which were filmed in Georgia
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Perdue was re-elected to a second term in the 2006 Georgia gubernatorial election, winning nearly 58% of the vote
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“That’s about as blind a trust as you can get. We trust in the Lord for rain and many other things.”
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2005· 1 entry
Georgia rose to 49th place in 2006 in the combined math and reading mean score, including the writing portion added to the test that year
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2004· 1 entry
Perdue sued the Environmental Protection Agency to block environmental regulations on reformulated gasoline
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2003· 2 entries
Career landmark: Governor of Georgia (2003–2011).
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And 2004, Georgia moved up from last place in the country in SAT scores
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2002· 1 entry
Defeating incumbent Roy Barnes and becoming the first Republican to hold the office in 130 years
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2001· 1 entry
Democratic governor Roy Barnes replaced the 1956 state flag, which incorporated the battle flag of the Confederacy, and which had been adopted by Georgia largely as a protest against desegregation
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1998· 1 entry
Amid feuding with then-Majority Leader Charles Walker and was re-elected to the State Senate as a Republican
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Georgia State Senate (1991–2002).
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1990· 1 entry
And succeeded Democratic incumbent Ed Barker as the senator representing the 18th district
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1972· 1 entry
Perdue and his wife, Mary (née Ruff), were married in 1972 after dating for four years.
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1971· 1 entry
Perdue earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, and worked as a veterinarian before becoming a small business owner, eventually starting three small bu
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-12-20.
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