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Sean Parnell
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In office
July 26, 2009 ? December 1, 2014
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Lieutenant
| Craig Campbell
Mead Treadwell
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Preceded by
| Sarah Palin
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Succeeded by
| Bill Walker
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In office
December 4, 2006 ? July 26, 2009
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Governor
| Sarah Palin
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Preceded by
| Loren Leman
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Succeeded by
| Craig Campbell
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In office
January 13, 1997 ? January 13, 2001
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Preceded by
| Steve Rieger
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Succeeded by
| John Cowdery
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In office
January 11, 1993 ? January 12, 1997
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Preceded by
| Constituency established
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Succeeded by
| John Cowdery
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Born
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1962-11-19
)
November 19, 1962
(age 61)
Hanford, California
, U.S.
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Political party
| Republican
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Spouse(s)
| Sandra Scebold (1987?present)
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Children
| 2
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Education
| Pacific Lutheran University
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BA
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University of Puget Sound
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JD
)
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Sean R. Parnell
(born November 19, 1962) is an American politician. He served as the 12th
Governor of Alaska
from 2009 to 2014. Parnell assumed the office of governor on July 26, 2009 after Governor
Sarah Palin
resigned
.
[1]
He was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in
Fairbanks, Alaska
.
[2]
After finishing Palin's term, Parnell was elected to a full term as Governor in November 2010, becoming the first unelected Alaska Governor to be later elected in his own right.
[3]
In 2014, he lost re-election to Independent
Bill Walker
.
Parnell went to
Pacific Lutheran University
(
B.B.A.
1984) and
University of Puget Sound
School of Law (now
Seattle University School of Law
) (
J.D.
1987). He is admitted to the bar in both Alaska and
Washington D.C.