Editing Fran Ulmer (section)

{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Fran Ulmer
| image = Fran Ulmer Chair Arctic Research Commission 2011.jpg
| office = Chair of the [[United States Arctic Research Commission]]
| president = [[Barack Obama]]<br>[[Donald Trump]]
| term_start = March 10, 2011
| term_end = July 28, 2020
| predecessor = [[Mead Treadwell]]
| successor = Jon Harrison
| office1 = 7th [[List of lieutenant governors of Alaska|Lieutenant Governor of Alaska]]
| governor1 = [[Tony Knowles (politician)|Tony Knowles]]
| term_start1 = December 5, 1994
| term_end1 = December 2, 2002
| predecessor1 = [[Jack Coghill]]
| successor1 = [[Loren Leman]]
| state_house2 = Alaska
| district2    = 4-B & 3
| term_start2 = January 19, 1987
| term_end2 = December 5, 1994
| predecessor2 = [[Jim Duncan (Alaska politician)|Jim Duncan]] 
| successor2   = [[Kim Elton]]
| office3 = [[List of mayors of Juneau, Alaska|Mayor of Juneau]]
| term_start3 = 1983
| term_end3 = 1985
| predecessor3 = [[Bill Overstreet]]
| successor3 = [[Ernest Polley]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|2|1}}
| birth_place = [[Madison, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Bill Council|1977|2013|reason=his death}}
| children = 2
| education = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin, Madison]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer''' (born February 1, 1947) is an American administrator and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She served as the seventh [[List of lieutenant governors of Alaska|lieutenant governor of Alaska]] from 1994 to 2002 under [[List of governors of Alaska|Governor]] [[Tony Knowles (politician)|Tony Knowles]], becoming the first woman elected to statewide office in Alaska, and lost the [[2002 Alaska gubernatorial election|2002 gubernatorial election]] against Republican [[Frank Murkowski]]. In 2007 she became the [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of the [[University of Alaska Anchorage]] (UAA), before serving as Chair of the [[United States Arctic Research Commission]] between 2011 and 2020, appointed by President [[Barack Obama]].