Steve Sviggum | |
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 State Representative Steve Sviggum | |
| 56th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
| In office January 5, 1999 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Carruthers |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Anderson Kelliher |
| Minnesota House Minority Leader | |
| In office April 17, 1992 – January 5, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Terry Dempsey |
| Succeeded by | Tom Pugh |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 28B, 26A, 25A district | |
| In office January 3, 1979 – July 17, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | James F. White |
| Succeeded by | Steve Drazkowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 15, 1951 Minnesota |
| Political party | Independent-Republican Republican |
| Spouse | Debra |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Kenyon, Minnesota |
| Alma mater | St. Olaf College |
| Profession | Educator, farmer, regent, legislator |
Steven A. Sviggum is a Minnesota politician, a former member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, and an executive assistant to and communications director for the Republican caucus in the Minnesota Senate.[1] A former Speaker and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Sviggum represented District 28B in the southeastern part of the state. The area was known as District 25A until the 1982 legislative redistricting, and then as District 26A until the 1992 redistricting, and has included all or portions of Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca and Winona counties.[2]