Alec Poitevint

Alec Poitevint
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Bainbridge, Georgia, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
Political partyRepublican

Alec L. Poitevint II (born 1947) is a Georgia businessman and longtime official of the U.S. Republican Party (GOP). In February 2011, he was named by GOP Chairman Reince Priebus to manage the 2012 Republican National Convention, to be held in Tampa beginning on August 27, 2012.[1] Poitevint replaces the team appointed by former RNC Chair Michael Steele, who Priebus fired immediately after his election as chairman in January 2011. Poitevint's official title of chairman of the Committee on Arrangements.[2]

Poitevint served as chairman of the Georgia Republican Party in the 2000s, overseeing capture of the governorship by his party for the first time in 134 years, as well as achieving control of the state senate and house of representatives.[3] He currently serves as Republican National Committeeman from Georgia.[4]

From 1997 to 2001, Poitevint served as treasurer of the Republican National Committee under then-Chair Jim Nicholson. He has been a member of the National Committee since 1989.[5]

  1. ^ Miller, Tricia, Roll Call, 3 February 2011, http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_77/RNC-Picks-New-Convention-Leader-203090-1.html
  2. ^ Press release, 2 February 2011, http://www.gop.com/index.php/news/comments/rnc_chairman_reince_priebus_announces_new_convention_committee_chairman Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Johnson, Eric, The Georgia Republican Party, 1856–2006, monograph, accessed at http://www.gilmergagop.org/files/GA_GOP_History.pdf Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Press release, 2 February 2011, http://www.gop.com/index.php/news/comments/rnc_chairman_reince_priebus_announces_new_convention_committee_chairman Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "RNC Picks New Convention Leader : Roll Call". Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2011-02-13.