Paul Thissen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paul Thissen

American politician

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1966

Place of Birth: Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Paul Thissen (born December 10, 1966) is a Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice and former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
He also served twice as DFL Minority Leader.
Thissen was the longest-serving leader of the Minnesota House Democrats since Martin Olav Sabo in the 1970s.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 61B in south Minneapolis.
First elected in 2002, Thissen was reelected every two years through 2016.
On April 17, 2018, Governor Mark Dayton appointed Thissen to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
He was sworn in on May 14, 2018.
He is the first person to have served both as Minnesota House Speaker and on the Minnesota Supreme Court.