Michael T. Scuse (born 1954) is an American government official serving as the Delaware Secretary of Agriculture. Scuse previously served as the acting

United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture The United States deputy secretary of agriculture is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Agriculture, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The deputy secretary becomes acting sec ...

and

United States Secretary of Agriculture The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments. The department includes several organ ...

in the Obama administration.

Career

Prior to joining the United States Department of Agriculture, Scuse served as Secretary of the Delaware Department of Agriculture from May 2001 until September 2008, when he resigned to become Chief of Staff to

Governor of Delaware A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Ruth Ann Minner Ruth Ann Minner (née Coverdale; January 17, 1935 – November 4, 2021) was an American politician and businesswoman from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 72nd (and, to date, only female) go ...

. From 2016 to 2017, Scouse served as the

. Following the resignation of

Tom Vilsack Thomas James Vilsack (; born December 13, 1950) is an American politician serving as the 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture in the Biden administration. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2017 during the Obama administratio ...

on January 13, 2017, he served as acting

until

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took office as president. He also served as

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services was the third-ranking official in the United States Department of Agriculture prior to reorganization of several mission areas, announced on May 11, 2017. The mission ...

from 2012 to 2017. He was re-appointed as Secretary of the Delaware Department of Agriculture by Governor-elect John Carney in January 2017.Carney names three more nominees for cabinet (Delaware State News article-January 13, 2017)
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Personal life

Scuse and his wife Patrice own a farm in

Smyrna, Delaware Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2010, the population of the town is 10,023. The international j ...

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* , - , - 1954 births Delaware Democrats Living people Obama administration cabinet members People from Smyrna, Delaware State cabinet secretaries of Delaware United States Deputy Secretaries of Agriculture United States Secretaries of Agriculture {{Delaware-politician-stub