Gen Olson | |
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| President pro tempore of the Minnesota Senate | |
| In office January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Frederickson |
| Succeeded by | Ann Rest |
| Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 33rd district 43rd (1983-1993) | |
| In office January 4, 1983 – January 7, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | George S. Pillsbury |
| Succeeded by | David Osmek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 20, 1938 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College University of Minnesota |
Gen Olson (born May 20, 1938) is a retired teacher and Republican politician who is a former member of the Minnesota Senate representing portions of Hennepin and Wright counties in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area. She was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in the 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election and also unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 1994 United States Senate election in Minnesota.[1]
She was first elected to the Senate in 1982, and was re-elected in all the way until her retirement 2010. She served as an assistant minority leader from 1989 to 1990 and president pro tempore from 2011 until 2013.[1]