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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sonny_PerdueSonny Perdue - Wikipedia

    George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 31st United States secretary of agriculture from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 81st governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011 and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from ...

  2. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org › sonny-perdue-b-1946Sonny Perdue - New Georgia Encyclopedia

    Feb 6, 2004 · Sonny Perdue served two terms as the governor of Georgia, from 2003 to 2011. He was the first Republican chosen by Georgians to occupy the governor’s mansion since the Reconstruction -era election of Rufus Bullock in 1868.

  3. www.nytimes.com › 2022/02/15 › usSonny Perdue Is Sole Finalist to Lead Georgia’s Public...

    Feb 15, 2022 · Georgia’s public university system said on Tuesday that former Gov. Sonny Perdue was its sole finalist to become chancellor, a choice that has outraged some professors and led a regional agency...

  4. www.usg.edu › news › releaseSonny Perdue Named Chancellor of the University System of Georgia

    Mar 1, 2022 · The Board of Regents today named former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as chancellor of the University System of Georgia (USG). Perdue will begin his duties as the system’s 14th chancellor on April 1, 2022.

  5. apnews.com › article › business-sonny-perdue-b0ea1eb144474c5Sonny Perdue sworn in as U.S. agriculture secretary | AP News

    Apr 26, 2017 · WASHINGTON — After Monday’s Senate confirmation vote in which he got strong bipartisan support, former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue was sworn in Tuesday morning as the 31st U.S. secretary of agriculture.

  6. www.rd.usda.gov › newsroom › news-releaseSonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

    Sonny Perdue was sworn in as the 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by fellow Georgian and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a brief ceremony today at the Supreme Court building.

  7. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org › sonny-perdue-b-1946 › m-2742Sonny Perdue - New Georgia Encyclopedia

    Sonny Perdue, a native of Houston County, became Georgia's first Republican governor in 130 years when he was inaugurated on January 13, 2003. He served two terms, leaving office in 2011.

  8. apnews.com › article › education-georgia-sonny-perduePerdue in chancellor debut: Georgia universities to aim high

    Sep 9, 2022 · Sonny Perdue lines up for his formal installation as University System of Georgia chancellor on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 at the state capitol in Atlanta. Perdue, who was Georgia’s first modern Republican governor and later U.S. agriculture secretary, started leading the 340,000-student system in April. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

  9. www.britannica.com › biography › Sonny-PerdueSonny Perdue | American politician | Britannica

    In David Perdue …direct political experience—though his cousin Sonny Perdue was a former governor of Georgia—his campaign touted his skills in business as key to achieving a balanced budget and tax reform. He also supported term limits in Congress and the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Perdue trailed…

  10. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sonny_PerdueSonny Perdue - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is an American politician. He was the 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture from April 25, 2017 to January 20, 2021. He was the 81st Governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011.