John King | |
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Insurance Commissioner of Georgia | |
Assumed office July 1, 2019 Acting: July 1, 2019 – July 22, 2021 | |
Governor | Brian Kemp |
Preceded by | Jim Beck |
Personal details | |
Born | Mexico |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Brenau University (BA) United States Army War College (MS) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1985–2023 |
Rank | Major General |
Unit | United States National Guard |
Commands | Contingency Command Post 1 Task Force 51 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team 1st Battalion,108th Armor Regiment |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan Iraq War |
Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal (2) |
John F. King is a retired American military officer and the state of Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. He was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp as commissioner on July 1,2019,replacing Jim Beck. Beck was elected in 2018,but suspended by Governor Kemp on May 16,2019,pending an investigation into allegations of illegal activity committed prior to his taking office. [1] After Beck's conviction of 37 criminal counts of fraud and money laundering on July 22,2021,Beck was fully and immediately removed from office as per Georgia law,and King became the permanent insurance commissioner. [2] King was re-elected to this position in 2022. [3] King's appointment makes him the first Hispanic statewide official in Georgia's history. A native of Mexico,King is fluent in Spanish.
King has also served as the chief of police for Doraville,Georgia,after becoming an Atlanta police officer in 1985. King received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and public administration from Brenau University and a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico,Virginia,and a graduate of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange program to Israel (GILEE) [4] which was started in preparation for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta as a way to enhance cooperation between Georgia's law enforcement agencies and the police force of the Israel especially in the areas of counter-terrorism and drug interdiction. [5]
King also serves as a major general in the United States National Guard. He was the commander of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. King has been deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina,Iraq,and Afghanistan where he served as a military advisor to the Deputy Minister of Interior for Security for Afghanistan who oversaw an agency of almost 100,000 police officers. [4]
In 2020,during the coronavirus pandemic King,as part of the United States Army National Guard,was called back to duty at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio,Texas. He helped build field hospitals in New Orleans and in New Jersey at Edison and Newark. [6] King was asked by Governor Kemp to serve on Georgia's Coronavirus Task Force and lead the Emergency Preparedness Committee,which makes sure that there is proper supply equipment. As Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner,he has asked health insurers not to cancel health policies for non-payment until further notice and for insurers to waive all co-payments for COVID-19 testing. [7]
Second Lieutenant,June 29,1985 | |
First Lieutenant,June 29,1988 | |
Captain,November 27,1990 | |
Major,August 1,1997 | |
Lieutenant Colonel,September 25,2002 | |
Colonel,March 20,2007 | |
Brigadier General,April 1,2013 | |
Major General,February 1,2018 [8] |
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