Ryan K. Zinke

A Representative from Montana. Born in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont. , November 1, 1961. Graduated from Whitefish High School, Whitefish, Mont. , 1980. B. S. , University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. , 1984. M. B. A. , National University, San Diego, Calif. , 1991. M. S. , University of San Diego, Calif. , 2003. United States Navy, 1985-2008. Business executive. Member of the Montana state senate, 2009-2012. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination for lieutenant governor of Montana in 2012. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the succeeding Congress until his resignation on March 1, 2017 (January 3, 2015-March 1, 2017). Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Donald J. Trump, 2017-2018. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023-present).