Tom Vilsack
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40th Governor of Iowa; 30th and 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture (2021–2025)
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Tom Vilsack is a male person born in 1950. He is affiliated with the US Department of Agriculture. He has two children.
His works are referenced by 712 other encyclopedia articles. He has five works listed in Crossref. Open Library lists zero works for him.
He is associated with the genres 2008 universal fire victim, ballad, blue-eyed soul, pop, and pop soul. He is from Wales. He has one listener and a playcount of 3 on Last.fm.
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Key facts
- President
- Joe Biden
- Deputy
- Jewel H. Bronaugh , Xochitl Torres Small
- Preceded by
- Sonny Perdue
- Succeeded by
- Brooke Rollins
- Lieutenant
- Sally Pederson
- Born
- Thomas James Vilsack , ( 1950-12-13 ) December 13, 1950 (age 75) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Christie Bell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 )
- Education
- Hamilton College ( BA ), Albany Law School ( JD )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- United States Secretary of Agriculture
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Academic degree
- bachelor's degree
- Image
- 20210427-OSEC-TEW-001 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (51148817903).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- Tom Vilsack
- date of birth
- 1950-12-13
- name in native language
- Tom Vilsack
- affiliation string
- US Department of Agriculture
- affiliation
- United States Department of Agriculture
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/thomas-j-vilsack
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas James Vilsack (/ˈvɪlsæk/; born December 13, 1950) is an American politician. He served as the 30th and 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2009 to 2017, during the Barack Obama administration, and again from 2021 to 2025 during the Joe Biden administration. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 40th Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007.
On November 30, 2006, he formally launched his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2008 election, but ended his bid on February 23, 2007. President-elect Barack Obama announced Vilsack's selection to be Secretary of Agriculture on December 17, 2008. His nomination was unanimously confirmed on January 20, 2009 by the United States Senate . Until his resignation on January 13, 2017, one week prior to the end of Obama's second term as president, he had been the only member of the U.S. Cabinet who had served since the day Obama took office.
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