{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dave Kleis | image = | office = Mayor of St. Cloud, Minnesota | term_start = November 21, 2005 | term_end = 2025 | predecessor = John Ellenbecker | successor = Jake Anderson | office3 = Member of the Minnesota Senate | term_end3 = November 21, 2005 | term_start3 = January 9, 1995 | predecessor3 = Joanne Benson | successor3 = Tarryl Clark | party = Independent | other_party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1964|1|21}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = St. Cloud State University | occupation = Small Business Owner | spouse = | children = }} '''Dave Kleis''' (born January 21, 1964) is an American small business owner and politician who served as the mayor of St. Cloud, Minnesota, from 2005 to 2025.
Kleis served in the Minnesota State Senate from 1995 to 2005 as a Republican.<ref>[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10326 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]</ref> In the 2005 St. Cloud mayoral election he defeated incumbent John Ellenbecker.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sobieck|first1=Benjamin|title=St. Cloud elects new mayor|url=http://media.www.universitychronicle.com/media/storage/paper231/news/2005/11/10/News/St.Cloud.Elects.New.Mayor-1053041.shtml|website=University Chronicle|publisher=St. Cloud State University|accessdate=24 February 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210015919/http://media.www.universitychronicle.com/media/storage/paper231/news/2005/11/10/News/St.Cloud.Elects.New.Mayor-1053041.shtml|archivedate=10 February 2008|date=10 November 2005}}</ref>
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