{{Short description|American politician (born 1946)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Larry Walther | office = 40th Treasurer of Arkansas | governor = Sarah Huckabee Sanders | term_start = August 7, 2023 | term_end = January 1, 2025 | predecessor = Mark Lowery | successor = John Thurston | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|1|9}} | birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | education = Louisiana Tech University<br>University of Arkansas, Monticello (BS) }} '''Larry Walther''' (born January 9, 1946)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/aug/04/governor-appoints-walther-secretary-of-state/ |title=Governor appoints Walther, secretary of state Department of Finance and Administration, as state treasurer |date=August 4, 2023 |newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |first=Michael R. |last=Wickline |access-date=December 18, 2023 }}</ref> is an American politician who served as the 40th Treasurer of Arkansas from August 2023 to January 2025. He was appointed to the position by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on August 3, 2023, after his predecessor, Mark Lowery, died of a stroke.<ref name="kuar">{{Cite news |last=Lenora |first=Josie |date=August 3, 2023 |title=Larry Walther announced as new Arkansas Treasurer |work=KUAR |url=https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-03/larry-walther-announced-as-new-arkansas-treasurer |access-date=August 20, 2023}}</ref>
== Career == In 2003, Walther was appointed director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) by then-governor Mike Huckabee.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news | last=Boyd | first=Samantha |date=August 3, 2023 |title=Sanders appoints Larry Walther as State Treasurer in emotional announcement |url=https://www.kark.com/news/politics/sanders-appoints-larry-walther-as-state-treasurer-in-emotional-announcement/ |access-date=August 20, 2023 |website= |publisher=KARK |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2008, he was nominated and confirmed as the director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) by then-president George W. Bush.<ref name=":0" /> In 2011, Walther served under a second president when he was nominated and confirmed to serve on the board of directors for the Export-Import Bank of the United States by Barack Obama.<ref name=":0" />
In 2015, Walther was appointed Chief Fiscal Officer for the State of Arkansas and director of the state's Department of Finance and Administration.<ref name=":0" />
On August 7, 2023, Walther was sworn in as the state treasurer of Arkansas. He served in the position until the 2024 elections in which John Thurston was elected to the position.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Ronak |date=August 16, 2023 |title=In first interview as Arkansas treasurer, Walther says he doesn't anticipate making significant changes |url=https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-15/in-first-interview-as-state-treasure-walther-said-he-doesnt-anticipate-making-significant-changes |access-date=August 20, 2023 |website= |publisher=KUAR |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Walther's wife of 53 years, Janice, died in May 2023.<ref name="kuar" />
== References == {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Mark Lowery}} {{s-ttl|title=Treasurer of Arkansas|years=2023–2025}} {{s-aft|after=John Thurston}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walther, Larry}} Category:1940s births Category:21st-century Arkansas politicians Category:Living people Category:State treasurers of Arkansas