Scott Angelle | |
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Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement | |
In office May 24, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Brian Salerno |
Succeeded by | Kevin M. Sligh |
Member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission from the 2nd district | |
In office January 1, 2013 – May 22, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jimmy Field |
Succeeded by | Damon Baldone |
52nd Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana | |
In office May 12, 2010 – November 22, 2010 | |
Governor | Bobby Jindal |
Preceded by | Mitch Landrieu |
Succeeded by | Jay Dardenne |
Louisiana Secretary of Natural Resources | |
In office January 30, 2004 – August 8, 2012 | |
Governor | Kathleen Blanco Bobby Jindal |
Preceded by | Jack Caldwell |
Succeeded by | Stephen Chustz |
Personal details | |
Born | Scott Anthony Angelle November 20, 1961 Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic (before 2010) Republican (2010–present) |
Spouse | Dianne Bourque |
Education | University of Louisiana at Lafayette (BS) |
Scott Anthony Angelle (born November 20, 1961) is an American politician who served as the former director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in Washington, D.C. From 2013 to 2017, he was the District 2 member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, an elected five-person utility regulatory body.[1]
In 2010, Angelle served six months as lieutenant governor.[2] In 2015, he ran for governor as a Republican in the October 24 election and finished in third place with 214,907 votes (19.3 percent).
In 2016, Angelle was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat held by Charles Boustany, who instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate seat vacated by retiring Republican David Vitter. Angelle's opponents included Lafayette businessman and retired Army Lt. Colonel Greg Ellison, former state Representative Brett Geymann of Lake Charles, former United States Ambassador to East Timor Grover J. Rees III, and, the eventual winner, Clay Higgins, a former spokesperson for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office who gained attention for his Crime Stoppers videos that harshly attack the criminal element.
In May 2017, Angelle was appointed as the fourth director for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in the United States Department of the Interior under Secretary Ryan Zinke. The post does not require confirmation by the United States Senate.[1]