59th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office January 8, 2013 – January 5, 2015
Preceded by
Kurt Zellers
Succeeded by
Kurt Daudt
Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office January 6, 2015 – January 2, 2017
Preceded by
Kurt Daudt
Succeeded by
Melissa Hortman
In office January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2013
Preceded by
Kurt Zellers
Succeeded by
Kurt Daudt
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 61B district
In office January 7, 2003 – April 20, 2018
Preceded by
Mark Gleason
Succeeded by
Jamie Long
Personal details
Born
(1966-12-10) December 10, 1966 (age 57) Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Karen Wilson
Children
3
Education
Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD)
Paul Thissen (born December 10, 1966) is an American politician and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He previously served as the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and DFL Minority Leader. Thissen was the longest-serving leader of the Minnesota House Democrats since Martin Olav Sabo in the 1970s. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 61B in south Minneapolis. First elected in 2002, Thissen was reelected every two years through 2016. On April 17, 2018, Governor Mark Dayton appointed Thissen to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was sworn in on May 14, 2018. He is the first person to have served both as Minnesota House Speaker and on the Minnesota Supreme Court.[1]
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in organizing the urban indigenous community, including for U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone’s 2002 reelection campaign. After serving one term on the Minneapolis...
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