Tommy Thompson (American politician)

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Tommy Thompson is an American Republican politician who served as the long-time governor of Wisconsin and later as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Republican Party politician
human
appointedBy George W. Bush
birthName Tommy George Thompson
birthPlace Elroy, Wisconsin, United States
cabinet Cabinet of the United States
surface form: Cabinet of President George W. Bush
chairpersonOf Amtrak
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of Wisconsin Law School
University of Wisconsin–Madison
familyName Thompson
givenName Tommy
hasEthnicGroup White American
isFrom Juneau County, Wisconsin
knownFor longest-serving governor of Wisconsin (at the time of his tenure)
legislativeBody Wisconsin State Assembly
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableWork Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
surface form: Medicare prescription drug benefit implementation

Welfare reform in Wisconsin
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEndTime 2001-02-01
officeEndTime (United States Secretary of Health and Human Services) 2005-01-26
officeStartTime 1987-01-05
officeStartTime (United States Secretary of Health and Human Services) 2001-02-02
participatedIn 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
portfolio United States Department of Health and Human Services
surface form: Health and Human Services
positionHeld Chair of Amtrak
Governor of Wisconsin
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Wisconsin State Assembly member
ranForOffice President of the United States
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Wisconsin
servedIn Wisconsin State Assembly
sexOrGender male
spouse Sue Ann Thompson
stateRepresented Wisconsin
supportedPolicy Medicare Part D
welfare-to-work reforms

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