Gene Suellentrop

Gene Suellentrop
Majority Leader of the Kansas Senate
In office
January 11, 2021 – April 9, 2021
Preceded byJim Denning
Succeeded byLarry Alley
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 27th district
In office
January 11, 2017 – January 2nd, 2023
Preceded byLeslie Donovan
Succeeded byChase Blasi
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 91st district
In office
January 9, 2013 – January 10, 2017
Preceded byBrenda Landwehr
Succeeded byGreg Lakin
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 105th district
In office
December 14, 2009 – January 8, 2013
Preceded byJason Watkins
Succeeded byMark Hutton
Personal details
Born (1952-01-01) January 1, 1952 (age 72)
Colwich, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseChristine Suellentrop
Children4
EducationSaint Gregory's University
WebsiteOfficial website

Gene Suellentrop (born January 1, 1952) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Kansas State Senate, representing the 27th district from January 11, 2017, to January 2, 2023. He served as the Senate's Majority Leader beginning in January 2021.

After an intoxicated high-speed freeway police chase in the wrong direction on March 16, 2021, he was removed as Senate Majority Leader by a caucus vote in April 2021, but not from the Senate itself. Before being elected to the state senate, he had served two terms in the Kansas house, then was elected to the senate in 2016.