Brian Kroshus (born 1963/1964) is an American businessman and politician serving as the Tax Commissioner of North Dakota. He is a former member of the

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. Kroshus was appointed to both positions by Governor

Doug Burgum Douglas James Burgum (born August 1, 1956) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 33rd governor of North Dakota since 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party. Burgum was born and raised in the small to ...

Early life and education

Kroshus was born in

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and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in animal science from

North Dakota State University North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as t ...

. As a child, he participated in

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programs.

Career

A member of the Republican Party, Kroshus owns and operates a cattle and grain business. He also worked as the publisher of ''

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'' for 10 years, and later worked as a publisher of Lee Agri-Media Newspaper Group. He also worked for

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. In February 2017, Kroshus was selected to serve as a member of the

, succeeding

Brian Kalk Brian Kalk (born c. 1966) is a North Dakota Republican Party politician in the U.S. state of North Dakota. He served on the North Dakota Public Service Commission from 2009 to 2017. Early life Kalk was born and raised in Bottineau, North Dakota ...

. Kroshus was a candidate for re-election in 2018. In 2019, he became chair of the Public Service Commission. He was reelected in 2020 with 68% of the vote. He served as chair in 2020.

References

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