John Gibbs | |
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Administrator of Ottawa County, Michigan | |
In office January 3, 2023 – February 29, 2024 | |
Preceded by | John Shay |
Succeeded by | Jon Anderson |
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development | |
Acting March 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Neal Rackleff |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Stanford University (BS) Harvard University (MPA) |
John Gibbs is an American far-right[1][2][3] politician and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, Gibbs was a software engineer and missionary before entering politics. During the Donald Trump administration, he held roles in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and was acting Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development. Gibbs has a history of making false, inflammatory, and conspiratorial remarks on his Twitter feed.[4][5]
In July 2020, Trump nominated Gibbs to be director of the United States Office of Personnel Management, but he was never confirmed by the Senate. Gibbs promoted Trump's false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. He was the Republican nominee for Michigan's 3rd congressional district in the 2022 elections, having defeated incumbent Peter Meijer in the primary, but lost the general election to Democratic nominee Hillary Scholten in a landslide. In early 2023, the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners, dominated by a newly elected ultraconservative majority, appointed Gibbs county administrator. His time in the role was tumultuous, and in February 2024, the county board fired Gibbs, citing gross misconduct.
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