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The Honorable Ken Svedjan

Representative Ken Svedjan (R) was first elected to the ND House of Representatives in 1990, and has successfully been re-elected ever since.

Rep. Svedjan was quickly recognized for his administrative and leadership skills in the areas of health care and human services.  In only his second term, he was tapped as Vice Chairman of the House Human Services Committee, and assumed the Chairmanship the following legislative session.  In 1997, Rep. Svedjan moved to the House Appropriations Committee where he served as Vice Chairman of the Health & Human Resources Section where he continued to serve through 2002.  In 2003, Rep. Svedjan assumed the overall Chairmanship of the House Appropriations Committee.  Throughout his 17 years in the ND Legislative Assembly, Rep. Svedjan has been honored often for his legislative leadership.

In addition to his State legislative involvement, Rep. Svedjan has also earned several leadership positions within the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) the largest legislator-member organization in the United States.  With NCSL, Rep. Svedjan served three terms as Vice Chairman of NCSL’s Health and Human Services Committee, one term as Chairman of that same committee, one term as Vice Chairman of the Assembly of Federal Issues within NCSL, and has begun his second three-year term as a member of NCSL’s Executive Committee, a 40-member group of legislators from across the United States who serve as the Board of Directors of the National Conference of State Legislatures.