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[[Image:MichaelSteelebiors.jpg‎|right|175px]] '''Michael S. Steele''' is the current chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] and of the [[conservative]] grassroots organization GOPAC. He served as [[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Maryland]] from 2003 through 2007.

[[Image:MichaelSteelebiors.jpg‎|right|175px]] '''Michael S. Steele''' is the current chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] and of the [[conservative]] grassroots organization GOPAC. He served as [[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Maryland]] from 2003 through 2007.

When Steele was elected Lieutenant Governor of Maryland in 2003, he became the first [[African American]] elected to state-wide office in that state.

Steele, who became Lieutenant Governor in 2003, was the first [[African American]] elected to state-wide office Maryland.

He was born October 19, 1958 at [[Andrews Air Force Base]] in Prince George's County, Maryland. In 1981, he received a bachelor's degree in international relations from [[Johns Hopkins University]]. After considering becoming a priest and spending three years at the Order of St. Augustine seminary, he received a law degree when he graduated from [[Georgetown University]] Law Center in 1991. From 1991 through 1997 he was a corporate securities attorney at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in [[Washington, D.C.]], specializing in sophisticated financial transactions on behalf of Wall Street underwriters.<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/html/msa13921.html Maryland State Archives, "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: MICHAEL S. STEELE, Lt.Governor (Republican)"]</ref>. He also was a corporate finance counsel for the Mills Corporation and founded his own company, The Steele Group, a business and legal consulting firm.

He was born October 19, 1958 at [[Andrews Air Force Base]] in Prince George's County, Maryland. In 1981, he received a bachelor's degree in international relations from [[Johns Hopkins University]]. After considering becoming a priest and spending three years at the Order of St. Augustine seminary, he received a law degree when he graduated from [[Georgetown University]] Law Center in 1991. From 1991 through 1997 he was a corporate securities attorney at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in [[Washington, D.C.]], specializing in sophisticated financial transactions on behalf of Wall Street underwriters.<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/html/msa13921.html Maryland State Archives, "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: MICHAEL S. STEELE, Lt.Governor (Republican)"]</ref>. He also was a corporate finance counsel for the Mills Corporation and founded his own company, The Steele Group, a business and legal consulting firm.