{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Paul Marquart | image = Paul Marquart in 2023 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 205px | caption = Marquart in 2023 | alt = Marquart in 2023 | state_house = Minnesota | district = 4B | prior_term = (9B 2001–2013) | term_start = January 3, 2001 | term_end = January 3, 2023 | preceded = Bob Westfall | succeeded = Jim Joy | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|9}} | birth_place = Fargo, North Dakota | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = North Dakota State College of Science<br>University of North Dakota<br>Tri-College University | profession = Educator, legislator | spouse = Colleen | children = 2 }}
'''Paul Marquart''' (born January 9, 1957) is a Minnesota politician serving as state commissioner for the Department of Revenue since 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Marquart's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/54545/paul-marquart |access-date=23 August 2025}}</ref> A former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thaden |first=J. T. |title=Paul Marquart Appointed Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue for Minnesota |url=https://lakesarearadio.net/2022/12/22/paul-marquart-appointed-minnesota-commissioner-of-revenue-for-minnesota/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Lakes Area Radio |language=en}}</ref> he represented District 4B, which included parts of Becker, Clay, and Norman counties in the northwestern part of the state. He is also a teacher.<ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10401 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Marquart, Paul |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |access-date=2010-07-20}}</ref>
Marquart graduated from Fargo North High School in Fargo, North Dakota, then went on to North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, receiving his A.A., and to the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, earning his B.A. in journalism in 1980 and his B.S. in social studies education in 1981. He earned his M.S. in education administration from Tri-College University in 1985. He has been a teacher in the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton School District since 1984.<ref name="state1"/><ref name="votesmart1">{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=54545 |title=Project Vote Smart - Representative Paul A. Marquart - Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |access-date=2010-07-20}}</ref>
Marquart was a member of the Dilworth City Council from 1988 to 1989 and the city's mayor from 1990 to 2000.<ref name="votesmart1"/>
Marquart was first elected to the House in 2000 and was reelected consistently until he retired in 2022. In 2022, he was honored at the Humphrey-Mondale Awards and received the Orville L. Freeman Award for Distinguished Service to Greater Minnesota and Agricultural Issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=DFL Party Announces Humphrey Mondale Award Winners|publisher=Minnesota DFL|date=May 26, 2022|url=https://dfl.org/dfl-party-announces-humphrey-mondale-award-winners/}}</ref>
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== External links == {{MN-legdb|10401}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=10401 Rep. Marquart Web Page] * [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=96 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Paul Marquart] * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=54545 Project Votesmart - Rep. Paul Marquart Profile]
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