religion birth_place alongside party preceded birth_date term_start residence spouse dead article_title state name occupation alma_mater
catholic minneapolis , minnesota mark gail dorfman , randy johnson , janis callison , and stenglein jeff johnson , -lsb- http://www.petermclaughlin.org/ peter mclaughlin -rsb- , democrat john derus 25 march 1961 january 3 , 1993 robbinsdale , minnesota kim opat alive mike opat
 minnesota mike opat county county adult corrections facility commissioner - previously a corrections supervisor , hennepin bs in public policy from the harvard kennedy school of government in business from the university of minnesota masters
mike opat

michael joseph opat -lrb- born march 25 , 1961 -rrb- is an american politician from the u.s. state of minnesota .
he serves as the chair of the hennepin county board of commissioners , the governing body for the largest county in minnesota , with more than 1.1 million residents and an annual budget of $ 1.7 billion .
opat represents district 1 -lrb- out of 7 districts -rrb- , an area that includes more than 160,000 residents and encompasses six suburban cities : brooklyn center , brooklyn park , crystal , new hope , osseo , and robbinsdale , as well as north minneapolis .
in his time on the county board , opat has led , among other initiatives , policy and governance changes at hennepin county medical center , numerous advancements in public infrastructure including the revitalization of the humboldt greenway , reconstruction of highway 100 in the northern suburbs , construction of the new brookdale library , the construction of target field and expansion of the twin cities area transit network , including the bottineau line along county road 81 through the northern part of the county .
opat has been described as one of the `` most aggressive local government leaders '' , and has said he is considering a bid for the minnesota democratic-farmer-labor party -lrb- dfl -rrb- nomination for governor of minnesota .
