Michael Scuse | |
Office: | Delaware Secretary of Agriculture |
Term Start: | January 25, 2017 |
Governor: | John Carney |
Term Start1: | May 2001 |
Term End1: | September 2008 |
Governor1: | Ruth Ann Minner |
Order2: | Acting |
Office2: | United States Secretary of Agriculture |
President2: | Barack Obama |
Term Start2: | January 13, 2017 |
Term End2: | January 20, 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Tom Vilsack |
Successor2: | Mike Young (acting) |
Order3: | Acting |
Office3: | United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture |
President3: | Barack Obama |
Term Start3: | March 1, 2016 |
Term End3: | January 20, 2017 |
Predecessor3: | Krysta Harden |
Successor3: | Mike Young (acting) |
Office4: | Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services |
President4: | Barack Obama |
Term Start4: | May 14, 2012 |
Term End4: | January 20, 2017 |
Predecessor4: | James W. Miller |
Successor4: | Bill Northey |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Patrice Scuse |
Michael T. Scuse (born 1954) is an American government official serving as the Delaware Secretary of Agriculture. Scuse previously served as the acting United States deputy secretary of agriculture and United States secretary of agriculture in the Obama administration.
Prior to joining the United States Department of Agriculture, Scuse served as Secretary of the Delaware Department of Agriculture from May 2001 until September 2008, when he resigned to become Chief of Staff to Governor of Delaware Ruth Ann Minner.[1] [2]
From 2016 to 2017, Scuse served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Following the resignation of Tom Vilsack on January 13, 2017, he served as acting United States Secretary of Agriculture until Donald Trump took office as president.[3] He also served as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services from 2012 to 2017.[4]
He was re-appointed as Secretary of the Delaware Department of Agriculture by Governor-elect John Carney in January 2017.[5]
Scuse and his wife Patrice own a farm in Smyrna, Delaware.[1]
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