Joshua Svaty
| Joshua Svaty | |
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| Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas | |
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In office July 14, 2009 – January 10, 2011 |
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| Governor | Mark Parkinson |
| Preceded by | Adrian Polansky |
| Succeeded by | Dale Rodman |
| Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 108th district |
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In office January 8, 2003 – July 14, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | ??? |
| Succeeded by | Don Svaty |
| Personal details | |
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November 7, 1979 Ellsworth, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kimberly Svaty |
| Alma mater | Sterling College, Kansas |
Joshua Svaty (born November 7, 1979) is an American politician from Kansas. He announced his bid for the Kansas 2018 gubernatorial election on May 16, 2017 from an Ellsworth Co-op Elevator dock in Black Wolf, Kansas. He was appointed secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture by Governor Mark Parkinson on July 14, 2009 when Adrian Polansky resigned to head the Kansas Farm Service Agency. Joshua Svaty served as the Vice President at The Land Institute , a nonprofit agricultural research entity near Salina. He and his wife own a farm in Ellsworth County, Kansas.
Svaty attended Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas, partly during his term in the Kansas House of Representatives.
Svaty started his term on January 8, 2003 as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, he represented the 108th district.
The top 5 donors to Svaty's 2008 campaign:
Democratic Gov. Mark Parkinson appointed Svaty as the Kansas Secretary of Agriculture in 2009. He served in this role from 2009-2011.
Svaty served as senior advisor to the regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 7 for more than two years, following his time as the Secretary of Agriculture.
Svaty served as the vice president of The Land Institute, a science-based research organization based in Saline County that is working on developing perennial grain crops, before he returned to farming in Ellsworth County.
Svaty and his wife, Kimberly, own and operate Free State Farms, a crop and livestock operation in Ellsworth County.
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