{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mark Killian | image = Mark Killian (cropped).jpg | caption = Killian in 2018 | office = Director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture | term_start = April 10, 2015 | term_end = January 2, 2023 | predecessor = Donald Butler | successor = Paul Brierley | office2 = Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives | term_start2 = January 1, 1993 | term_end2 = December 31, 1997 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | state_house3 = Arizona | district3 = 30th | prior_term3 = | alongside3 = | term_start3 = January 1, 1983 | term_end3 = December 31, 1997 | predecessor3 = Carl Kunasek | successor3 = Karen Johnson | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Arizona State University | occupation = | profession = | website = }}
'''Mark Killian''' is an American politician and the former director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture. Killian is a former Republican state representative and speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives.<ref name="azcentral">{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/politicalinsider/2015/04/11/mark-killian-from-ducey-critic-to-cabinet-member/25660093/|publisher=azcentral.com|title=Mark Killian: From Ducey critic to Cabinet member|accessdate=2016-08-20}}</ref>
==Biography== Killian earned his BS in business administration from Arizona State University.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://agriculture.az.gov/director-arizona-department-agriculture |title=Director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture |website=agriculture.az.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429193348/https://agriculture.az.gov/director-arizona-department-agriculture |archive-date=2015-04-29}}</ref> From 1997 until 2003 Killian served as the Director of the Arizona Department of Revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.azdor.gov/Portals/0/AnnualReports/2000/AR-00%20Intro.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-08-21 |archive-date=2016-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822120925/https://www.azdor.gov/Portals/0/AnnualReports/2000/AR-00%20Intro.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010 Killian was appointed by then governor Jan Brewer to the Arizona Board of Regents.<ref name="azcentral2">{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/education/2015/09/29/arizona-regent-mark-killian-resigns/73057870/|publisher=azcentral.com|title=Regent Mark Killian resigns, 5 months after Ducey job appointment|accessdate=2016-08-20}}</ref>
During his 5-year term on the Board of Regents, Killian made headlines when he suggested the board sue the state for violating a clause in the state Constitution that says education should be "as nearly free as possible."<ref name="azcentral3">{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/04/19/20090419freetuition0419.html|publisher=azcentral.com|title=State tuition increases stir cries of constitutional foul|accessdate=2016-08-20}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Killian|publisher=ballotpedia.org|title=Mark Killian – Ballotpedia|accessdate=2016-08-20}}
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