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'''William Harold Nungesser''', known as '''Billy Nungesser''' (born January 10, 1959), is the 54th and current Lieutenant Governor of [[Louisiana]], a position which he has filled since January 11, 2016. In Louisiana, the lieutenant governor does not preside over the state Senate but is instead the chief tourism officer for the ate.  

'''William Harold Nungesser''', known as '''Billy Nungesser''' (born January 10, 1959), is the 54th and current Lieutenant Governor of [[Louisiana]], a position which he has filled since January 11, 2016. In Louisiana, the lieutenant governor does not preside over the state Senate but is instead the chief tourism officer for the ate.  

A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Nungesser was from 2007 to 2015 the president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission in the [[suburb]]s of his native [[New Orleans]]. In that capacity he worked diligently in hurricane relief. Former [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed him to the 20-member Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, a panel named to formulate a master plan for coastal protection. Since leaving the parish presidency in 2015, Nungesser relocated to River Ridge in [[Lafayette]] Parish.

A [[Moderate Republican]], Nungesser was from 2007 to 2015 the president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission in the [[suburb]]s of his native [[New Orleans]]. In that capacity he worked diligently in hurricane relief. Former [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed him to the 20-member Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, a panel named to formulate a master plan for coastal protection. Since leaving the parish presidency in 2015, Nungesser relocated to River Ridge in [[Lafayette]] Parish.

Nungesser's parents, [[William A. Nungesser|William Aicklen "Billy" Nungesser]] and the former Ruth Amelia Marks (1932-2012), were active in the revitalization of the state Republican Party. The senior Nungesser was the chief of staff to Republican former Governor [[David C. Treen]] and later the state GOP chairman, in which capacity he broke with Treen to endorse [[Pat Buchanan]] for the 1992 Republican presidential nomination against [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].

Nungesser's parents, [[William A. Nungesser|William Aicklen "Billy" Nungesser]] and the former Ruth Amelia Marks (1932-2012), were active in the revitalization of the state Republican Party. The senior Nungesser was the chief of staff to Republican former Governor [[David C. Treen]] and later the state GOP chairman, in which capacity he broke with Treen to endorse [[Pat Buchanan]] for the 1992 Republican presidential nomination against [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].

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