# Dave Kleis

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Dave Kleis
| image        =
| office       = Mayor of [St. Cloud, Minnesota](/source/St._Cloud%2C_Minnesota)
| term_start   = November 21, 2005
| term_end     = 2025
| predecessor  = John Ellenbecker
| successor    = Jake Anderson
| office3      = Member of the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate)
| term_end3    = November 21, 2005
| term_start3  = January 9, 1995
| predecessor3 = [Joanne Benson](/source/Joanne_Benson)
| successor3   = [Tarryl Clark](/source/Tarryl_Clark)
| party        = [Independent](/source/Independent_politician)
| other_party  = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age |1964|1|21}}
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| alma_mater   = [St. Cloud State University](/source/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](/source/St._Cloud%2C_Minnesota), from 2005 to 2025.

Kleis served in the [Minnesota State Senate](/source/Minnesota_State_Senate) from 1995 to 2005 as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota).<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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Category:Living people
Category:1964 births
Category:21st-century mayors of places in Minnesota
Category:Mayors of St. Cloud, Minnesota
Category:Republican Party Minnesota state senators
Category:People from Stearns County, Minnesota
Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature

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