Kristi Noem - National Governors Association

About

Governor Kristi Noem is a wife, a mother, and a lifelong rancher, farmer and small business owner.

In 2010, after serving in the South Dakota legislature for several years, Gov. Noem was elected to serve as South Dakota’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2018, with the platform of protecting South Dakotans against tax increases, government growth, federal intrusion, and government secrecy, she was elected as South Dakota’s first-ever female Governor. She resigned as Governor in January 2025 to become United States Secretary of Homeland Security.

Gov. Noem often says that her greatest accomplishment is raising her three children, Kassidy, Kennedy, and Booker, with her husband Bryon.

Current South Dakota Governor

• Larry Rhoden

Recent South Dakota Governors

Gov. Kristi Noem

January 7, 2023 - January 25, 2025 January 8, 2019 - January 7, 2023

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Gov. Dennis Daugaard

January 8, 2011 - January 5, 2019

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Gov. Mike Rounds

January 7, 2003 - January 8, 2011

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Gov. William J. Janklow

January 7, 1995 - January 7, 2003 January 1, 1979 - January 6, 1987

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Gov. Walter D. Miller

April 19, 1993 - January 7, 1995

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Gov. George S. Mickelson

January 6, 1987 - April 19, 1993

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Gov. Harvey Wollman

July 24, 1978 - January 1, 1979

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Gov. Richard Francis Kneip

January 5, 1971 - July 24, 1978

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Gov. Frank Leroy Farrar

January 7, 1969 - January 5, 1971

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Gov. Nils Andreas Boe

January 5, 1965 - January 7, 1969

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