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Doug Burgum | |
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| 55th United States Secretary of the Interior | |
| Assumed office February 1, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Katharine MacGregor (nominee) |
| Preceded by | Deb Haaland |
| 33rd Governor of North Dakota | |
| In office December 15, 2016 – December 15, 2024 | |
| Lieutenant | Brent Sanford Tammy Miller |
| Preceded by | Jack Dalrymple |
| Succeeded by | Kelly Armstrong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Douglas James Burgum August 1, 1956 Arthur, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Children | 3 |
| Education | North Dakota State University (BA) Stanford University (MBA) |
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Douglas James Burgum (/bɜːrɡəm/ BURR-ghəm; born August 1, 1956) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 55th United States secretary of the Interior since February 1, 2025, under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd governor of North Dakota from 2016 to 2024.
Burgum was born and raised in Arthur, North Dakota. After graduating from North Dakota State University in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in university studies and earning an MBA from Stanford University two years later, he mortgaged inherited farmland in 1983 to invest in Great Plains Software in Fargo. Becoming its president in 1984, he took the company public in 1997. Burgum sold the company to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001. While working at Microsoft, he managed Microsoft Business Solutions. He has served as board chairman for Australian software company Atlassian and SuccessFactors. Burgum is the founder of Kilbourne Group, a Fargo-based real-estate development firm, and also is the co-founder of Arthur Ventures, a software venture capital group.
Burgum won the 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial election in a landslide. He was reelected by a wide margin in 2020. In June 2023, Burgum launched a campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He ended his candidacy in early December 2023, and became an advisor on the Trump campaign's energy policy. On November 14, 2024, President-elect Trump announced his intention to nominate Burgum as the United States Secretary of the Interior and named him chair of the National Energy Council.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate to the office on January 30, 2025 by a vote of 80–17.
- ^ "President-elect Trump nominates Burgum to serve as Interior Secretary, chair new National Energy Council | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal". www.nd.gov. Retrieved January 20, 2025.