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Chuck Wiger | |
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![]() Wiger in 2019 | |
Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 43rd district 55th (1997–2012) | |
In office January 7, 1997 –January 2, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Kevin Chandler |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint Paul,Minnesota | September 14,1951
Political party | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Children | 5 |
Residence | Maplewood,Minnesota |
Alma mater | Hamline University University of Colorado Hamline University School of Law |
Occupation | attorney,writer,legislator |
Charles W. "Chuck" Wiger Sr. ( /ˈwiːɡər/ WEE-ger;born September 14,1951) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 43,which includes parts of Ramsey and Washington counties in the northeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Wiger graduated magna cum laude from Hamline University in Saint Paul in 1974 and earned his J.D. from the Hamline University School of Law in 1977. In 1993 he attended graduate school at the School for Institution Management at the University of Colorado in Boulder. [1]
Wiger has been active in Ramsey County and metropolitan government. He was a member of the Metropolitan Council from 1983 to 1989. He is a former chair and member of the Ramsey County Soil and Water Conservation District. He was a member of the Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Commission and a liaison to the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission. [1] [2] He is an attorney and a writer by profession.
Wiger was first elected to the Senate in 1996 and has been reelected in every subsequent election.
As of 2021,he serves on the following committees: [2]
His special legislative concerns include education,economic development,the environment,and water sustainability. [2]
Wiger has actively served the education community in his area. He was the founding chair of the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Community Education Board,and served on the board from 1973 to 1990. He was also founding chair of the East Communities Youth Service Bureau,and served as a director for Northeast Metropolitan Intermediate School District 916. [1]
His daughter Carolyn competed on Survivor 44.
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