Editing Governor of Minnesota (section)

==Cabinet==

The governor has a [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] consisting of the leaders of various state departments.  The governor appoints these department heads, who, other than the head of the Department of Military Affairs and the chairs of the Metropolitan Council and the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, are called [[commissioner]]s.  Cabinet members include:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mn.gov/governor/administration/|title=Governor's Cabinet |access-date=2023-04-06 |archive-date= |archive-url= |url-status= }}</ref>

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!colspan=3 |Cabinet
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!Office
!Incumbent
!data-sort-type="date" |Term began
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|data-sort-value="Administration" |[[Minnesota Department of Administration|Commissioner of Administration]]
|data-sort-value="Gronvall, Tamar" align="center" |[[Tamar Gronvall]]
|data-sort-value="20231009" |Oct. 9, 2023<ref name="Gronvall">[https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/?id=1055-514810 Governor Walz Selects Tamar Gronvall to Serve as Commissioner of Administration], 18 Sept, 2023 press release. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Agriculture" |[[Minnesota Department of Agriculture|Commissioner of Agriculture]]
|data-sort-value="Petersen, Thom" align="center" |[[Thom Petersen (farmer)|Thom Petersen]]
|data-sort-value="20190107" |Jan. 7, 2019
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|data-sort-value="Children" |[[Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families|Commissioner of Children, Youth and Families]]
|data-sort-value="Brown, Tikki" align="center" |[[Tikki Brown]]
|data-sort-value="20240701" |July 1, 2024<ref name="Tikki">Alex Perez, [https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/minnesota-names-tikki-brown-its-first-commissioner-for-children-youth-and-families/249112 Minnesota Names Tikki Brown its First Commissioner for Children, Youth and Families], 1 May 2024, The Imprint. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Commerce" |[[Minnesota Department of Commerce|Commissioner of Commerce]]
|data-sort-value="Arnold, Grace" align="center" |[[Grace Arnold (politician)|Grace Arnold]]
|data-sort-value="20200911" |Sept. 11, 2020<ref name="Grace1">[https://mn.gov/commerce/about/leadership/ Minnesota Commerce Department, Leadership Team] Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Corrections" |[[Minnesota Department of Corrections|Commissioner of Corrections]]
|data-sort-value="Schnell, Paul" align="center" |Paul Schnell
|data-sort-value="20190107" |Jan. 7, 2019<ref name="Schnell">[https://mn.gov/doc/about/agency-background-history/organization/ DOC Executive Leadership Team] Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Education" |[[Minnesota Department of Education|Commissioner of Education]]
|data-sort-value="Jett, Willie" align="center" |Willie Jett
|data-sort-value="20230102" |Jan. 2, 2023
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|data-sort-value="Employment" |[[Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development|Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development]]
|data-sort-value="Varilek, Matt" align="center" |Matt Varilek
|data-sort-value="20230620" |June 20, 2023<ref name="Varilek">[https://mn.gov/deed/about/who-we-are/commissioner.jsp Minnesota Dept. of Emplopyment and Economic Development, Matt Varilek.] Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Health" |[[Minnesota Department of Health|Commissioner of Health]]
|data-sort-value="Cunningham, Brooke" align="center" |Brooke Cunningham
|data-sort-value="20230102" |Jan. 2, 2023<ref name="Brooke">{{Cite web |title=Commissioner Brooke Cunningham - MN Dept. of Health |url=https://www.health.state.mn.us/about/org/eo/cunningham.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.health.state.mn.us}}</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Higher Education" |[[Minnesota Office of Higher Education|Commissioner of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education]]
|data-sort-value="Olsen, Dennis" align="center" |[[Dennis Olsen (academic)|Dennis Olsen]]
| data-sort-value="20190107"|Jan. 7, 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commissioner's Office |url=https://www.ohe.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=2571 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Minnesota Office of Higher Education}}</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Housing Finance" |[[Minnesota Housing Finance Agency|Commissioner of Minnesota Housing Finance Agency]]
|data-sort-value="Ho, Jennifer" align="center" |[[Jennifer Ho|Jennifer Lemaile Ho]]
|data-sort-value="20190107" |Jan. 7, 2019
|-
|data-sort-value="Human Rights" |[[Minnesota Department of Human Rights|Commissioner of Human Rights]]
|data-sort-value="Lucero, Rebecca" align="center" |Rebecca Lucero
|data-sort-value="20190107" |Jan. 7, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mn.gov/mdhr/about/commissioner.jsp|title=commissioner|website=Minnesota.gov|access-date=2020-03-17|archive-date=2020-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412210134/https://mn.gov/mdhr/about/commissioner.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
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|data-sort-value="Human Services" |[[Minnesota Department of Human Services|Commissioner of Human Services]]
|data-sort-value="Harpstead, Jodi" align="center" |Shireen Ghandi (interim)
|data-sort-value="20190812" |Feb. 2, 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radware Bot Manager Captcha |url=http://validate.perfdrive.com/d5bd5333eafe8b0ccd6023ba818d1aa6/?ssa=d8688dbf-2c24-47d3-ab35-1268f4b03295&ssb=15656242294&ssc=https%3A%2F%2Fmn.gov%2Fgovernor%2Fnewsroom%2Fpress-releases%2F%3Fid%3D1055-667752&ssi=fb48f64d-bf56-4291-b7c9-9295095e4988&ssk=support@shieldsquare.com&ssm=00574152087571382101325847997316&ssn=7e0ab289e24175ed111c0d235563bf884a40a143bced-f85f-400a-b77162&sso=a52bd5fe-9ae6ff6b0b536eb452d0ad54430758705c90fec1955aa685&ssp=45623693461744973401174494060685030&ssq=54677439949159953741999491728262521930507&ssr=MjA4LjgwLjE1NS4xMTg=&sst=Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/110.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Citoid/WMF (mailto:noc@wikimedia.org)&ssu=&ssv=&ssw=&ssx=W10= |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=validate.perfdrive.com}}</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Iron Range Resources" |[[Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board|Commissioner of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board]]
|data-sort-value="Rukavina, Ida" align="center" |Ida Rukavina
|data-sort-value="20230102" |Jan. 2, 2023
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|data-sort-value="IT Services" |[[Minnesota IT Services|Commissioner and Chief Information Officer of MN.IT Services]]
|data-sort-value="Tomes, Tarek" align="center" |Tarek Tomes
|data-sort-value="20190416" |April 16, 2019
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|data-sort-value="Labor" |[[Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry|Commissioner of Labor and Industry]]
|data-sort-value="Blissenbach, Nicole" align="center" |Nicole Blissenbach
|data-sort-value="20230102" |Jan. 2, 2023
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|data-sort-value="Management and Budget" |[[Minnesota Department of Management and Budget|Commissioner of Management and Budget]]
|data-sort-value="Campbell, Erin" align="center" |Erin Campbell
|data-sort-value="20230815" |Aug.15, 2023<ref>[Governor Walz Congratulates Departing Commissioner Jim Schowalter, Selects Deputy Commissioner Erin Campbell to Serve as Commissioner of Management and Budget https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/index.jsp?id=1055-584395], July 12, 2023 press release</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Mediation Services" |[[Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services|Commissioner of Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services]]
|data-sort-value="Villareal, Johnny" align="center" |Johnny Villareal
|data-sort-value="20211222" |Dec. 22, 2021<ref name="Villareal">[https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/?id=1055-513685 Governor Walz Appoints Johnny Villarreal to be Commissioner of the Bureau of Mediation Services], Dec. 20, 2021 press release.  Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Metropolitan Council" |[[Metropolitan Council (Minnesota)|Chairperson of the Metropolitan Council]]
|data-sort-value="Zelle, Charlie" align="center" |Charlie Zelle
|data-sort-value="20200106" |Jan. 6, 2020<ref name="Zelle">[https://metc1new.metctest.state.mn.us/News-Events/Council-News/Newsletters/Charlie-Zelle-named-Met-Council-Chair-Dec-2019.aspx Charlie Zelle named Metropolitan Council Chair]. 23 Dec. 2019 press release. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Military Affairs" |[[Minnesota National Guard|Adjutant General]]
|data-sort-value="Manke, Shawn" align="center" |Maj. Gen. Shawn Manke
|data-sort-value="20200812" |Aug. 12, 2020<ref>[https://www.hometownsource.com/county_news_review/free/cambridge-native-named-new-leader-of-the-minnesota-national-guard/article_ac376bb6-dccc-11ea-b745-63f9b00eed8d.html Cambridge native named new leader of the Minnesota National Guard], 12 Aug. 2020. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Natural Resources" |[[Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|Commissioner of Natural Resources]]
|data-sort-value="Strommen, Sarah" align="center" |Sarah Strommen
|data-sort-value="20190107" |Jan. 7, 2019
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|data-sort-value="Pollution Control" |[[Minnesota Pollution Control Agency|Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency]]
|data-sort-value="Kessler, Katrina" align="center" |Katrina Kessler
|data-sort-value="20211101" |Nov. 1, 2021<ref name="Kessler">[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/about-mpca/commissioners-office Minnesota Pollution Control agency — Katrina Kessler, Commissioner.] Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref> 
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|data-sort-value="Public Safety" |[[Minnesota Department of Public Safety|Commissioner of Public Safety]]
|data-sort-value="Jacobson, Bob" align="center" |Bob Jacobson
|data-sort-value="20230102" |Jan. 2, 2023
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|data-sort-value="Revenue" |[[Minnesota Department of Revenue|Commissioner of Revenue]]
|data-sort-value="Marquart, Paul" align="center" |[[Paul Marquart]]
|data-sort-value="20230102" |Jan. 2, 2023
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|data-sort-value="Transportation" |[[Minnesota Department of Transportation|Commissioner of Transportation]]
|data-sort-value="Daubenberger, Nancy" align="center" |[[Nancy Daubenberger]]
|data-sort-value="20190107" |Jan. 7, 2019<ref name="Daubenberger">Alex Chhith, [https://www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz-appoints-nancy-daubenberger-new-mndot-commissioner/600175881 Gov. Tim Walz appoints Nancy Daubenberger new MnDOT commissioner], 23 May 2022, ''[[Minnesota Star Tribune]]'', accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Veterans Affairs" |[[Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs|Commissioner of Veterans Affairs]]
|data-sort-value="Lindsay, Brad" align="center" |Brad Lindsay
|data-sort-value="20230923" |Sept. 23, 2023<ref name="Lindsay">[https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/?id=591720 Governor Walz Thanks Retiring Commissioner Herke, Opens Selection Process for Cabinet Vacancy], 12 Sept. 2023 press release. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024</ref>
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