Dirk Kempthorne
President and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI); Former Secretary of the Interior
A former mayor, United States Senator and governor, Dirk Kempthorne took office as the 49th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior on May 26, 2006. Immediately before becoming Secretary, Kempthorne served nearly two full terms as Governor of Idaho, elected first in 1998 and reelected in 2002. He was instrumental in achieving a historic bipartisan four-state agreement to restore salmon to rivers.
Before his terms as governor, Kempthorne completed a successful six-year term in the United States Senate (1993-1999). As a Senator, he wrote, negotiated, and won passage of two major pieces of legislation: a bill to end unfunded federal mandates on state, local and tribal governments, and a substantial revision of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
He began public service as the highly successful Mayor of Boise, Idaho (1985-1992). Boise won numerous national honors and recognitions for quality of life, business climate and family issues.
Kempthorne is now President and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI).
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