Brian C. Bosma
| Brian Bosma | |
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| Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office November 16, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Patrick Bauer |
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In office November 16, 2004 – November 21, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Patrick Bauer |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Bauer |
| Member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 88th district |
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Assumed office November 1986 |
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October 31, 1957 Beech Grove, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl Bosma |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Purdue University, West Lafayette Indiana University, Indianapolis |
Brian C. Bosma (born October 31, 1957) is an American politician and lawyer who is the current Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, Bosma has served in the Indiana House since 1986; representing the 88th district, which encompasses northeast Marion County and portions of Hancock and Hamilton County.
Upon Republicans regaining a majority in the Indiana House in 2004, he was elected to his first of four nonconsecutive terms to the speakership. He served his first term as speaker until 2006, when Democrats gained control of the House, and has since served as speaker after Republicans obtained a super majority in the House in the 2010 elections.
Outside of state politics, Bosma is in an attorney in private practice, working as a partner with Kroger, Gardis & Regas and is the founding director of Bosma Industries for the Blind, an Indianapolis-based private non-profit which serves as Indiana's largest employer of legally blind individuals and those with severe visual impairments.
Brian Bosma was born in Beech Grove, Indiana to parents Margaret and Charles Bosma. His mother was a kindergarten teacher, while his father, a United States Army officer in World War II and businessman, served in the Indiana State Senate from 1962 to 1980. His grandfather, who immigrated from the Netherlands with his eleven brothers and sisters, was a dairy operator and founded Bosma Dairy Barn, where Brian worked growing up. Bosma graduated from Beech Grove High School, where he played on the school's basketball team, and subsequently attended Purdue University. At Purdue, Bosma received a bachelor of science in engineering in 1981 and was a member of Beta Sigma Psi fraternity. He went on to study at Indiana University's Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where graduated with his Juris Doctor in 1984 and was then admitted to the Indiana State Bar Association and became a member of the American Bar Association later that year.
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