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Governor · Alaska

Mike Dunleavy

Governor of Alaska

Mike Dunleavy is the governor of Alaska, in office since December 3, 2018, and elected again in 2022. He previously worked as a teacher, principal and school superintendent and served five years as a state senator.

Background

Biography

Mike Dunleavy was born on May 5, 1961, in Pennsylvania. The National Governors Association lists Misericordia University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks as his schools. His official biography says he arrived in Alaska in 1983 and first worked in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska. He earned a teacher's certificate and a Master of Education degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, then spent nearly two decades in northwest Arctic communities as a teacher, principal and superintendent.

He moved to Wasilla in 2004, where he owned an educational consulting firm. He served on the Mat-Su Borough School Board, including two years as board president, and then as a state senator for five years.

Dunleavy was first elected governor in 2018 and again in 2022. His first term began on December 3, 2018, and his second on December 5, 2022.

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