# Mark Killian

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{{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](/source/Donald_Butler_(businessman))
| successor           = [Paul Brierley](/source/Paul_Brierley)
| office2             = Speaker of the [Arizona House of Representatives](/source/Arizona_House_of_Representatives)
| term_start2         = January 1, 1993
| term_end2           = December 31, 1997
| predecessor2        = 
| successor2          = 
| state_house3        = Arizona
| district3           = [30th](/source/Arizona's_30th_legislative_district) 
| prior_term3         = 
| alongside3          = 
| term_start3         = January 1, 1983
| term_end3           = December 31, 1997
| predecessor3        = [Carl Kunasek](/source/Carl_Kunasek)
| successor3          = [Karen Johnson](/source/Karen_Johnson_(Arizona_politician))
| birth_date          = 
| birth_place         = 
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| alma_mater          = [Arizona State University](/source/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](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) state representative and speaker of the [Arizona House of Representatives](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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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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Category:Living people
Category:Arizona State University alumni
Category:Politicians from Phoenix, Arizona
Category:Speakers of the Arizona House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives
Category:State cabinet secretaries of Arizona
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:20th-century members of the Arizona State Legislature
Category:State agriculture commissioners in the United States

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