Byron Mallott
| Byron Mallott | |
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| 12th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2014 |
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| Governor | Bill Walker |
| Preceded by | Mead Treadwell |
| Mayor of Juneau | |
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In office October 4, 1994 – February 13, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Jamie Parsons |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Egan |
| Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs | |
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In office 1972–1974 |
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| Governor | Bill Egan |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Lee McAnerney |
| Mayor of Yakutat | |
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In office 1965–1966 |
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| Preceded by | JB Mallott |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Nelson |
| Personal details | |
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April 6, 1943 Yakutat, Alaska, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Toni Mallott |
| Education | Western Washington University |
Byron I. Mallott (born April 6, 1943) is an American politician and business executive from the state of Alaska. Mallott is an Alaska Native leader of Tlingit heritage. He is the 12th and current Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and previously served as the Mayor of Yakutat, the Mayor of Juneau, the President of the Alaska Federation of Natives and the executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund.
Mallott was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alaska in 2014, until he agreed to merge his campaign with that of Independent candidate Bill Walker and become Walker's running mate. Walker and Mallott won the election and were sworn in on December 1, 2014.
Byron I. Mallott was born on April 6, 1943 in Yakutat, Territory of Alaska to J. B. and Emma Mallott. His father established a general store in a spare room of the family home in 1946. Byron spent most of his childhood living in Yakutat. He graduated from Sheldon Jackson High School and studied for several years at Western Washington State College.
His political career began unexpectedly in 1965. His father, who served as Yakutat's mayor for the vast majority of the position's existence (Yakutat incorporated as a city in 1948), died. He left college and returned to Yakutat, running to replace him, and won election. He was 22 years old at the time. He left office before the expiration of his term, taking a job in the office of Governor Bill Egan towards the end of Egan's first governorship. His job in the governor's office was focused on local government affairs, one of the few constitutionally mandated executive functions in Alaska.
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