Mark Kennedy (politician)
Mark Kennedy | |
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Congressional portrait, 2001 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota | |
| In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | David Minge |
| Succeeded by | Michele Bachmann |
| Constituency | 2nd district (2001–2003) 6th district (2003–2007) |
| 23rd President of the University of Colorado | |
| In office July 1, 2019 – July 1, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce D. Benson |
| Succeeded by | Todd Saliman |
| 12th President of the University of North Dakota | |
| In office July 1, 2016 – June 15, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Schafer (acting) Robert Kelley |
| Succeeded by | Joshua Wynne (acting) Andrew Armacost |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Raymond Kennedy April 11, 1957 Benson, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Debbie Kennedy |
| Alma mater | St. John's University University of Michigan |
Mark Raymond Kennedy (born April 11, 1957) is an American businessman, politician, and university administrator. Following a career as a business executive, he served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007. Kennedy did not seek reelection in 2006, instead running in the 2006 election for U.S. Senate, which he lost to Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Amy Klobuchar.
Afterward, he became director of The Graduate School of Political Management in 2012, until serving as the 12th president of the University of North Dakota from 2016 to 2019, and then becoming the 23rd president of the University of Colorado (CU) system, in office from 2019 to 2021.
In 2023, Kennedy began serving as Director of the Wilson Center's Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition.