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22 incumbent dean cannon baptist 150x200 real estate broker speaker of the florida house of representatives ray sansom florida florida republican 2009 - 2010 2002 january 18 , 1948 lana j. delves larry_cretul . jpg larry cretul
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larry cretul

larry cretul is a florida real estate broker , republican politician , and speaker of the house of representatives of the state of florida .
he represents house district 22 , based in ocala .
cretul was subsequently elected speaker pro tempore of the state house on november 18 , 2008 .
on january 30 , 2009 , speaker ray sansom announced he was `` recusing '' himself from his duties as speaker due to a scandal over accepting an unadvertised job at northwest florida state college .
under the rule allowing him to recuse himself , sansom named cretul acting speaker until sansom could return .
sansom and cretul are roommates in tallahassee while the state house is in session .
however , on february 2 , just minutes before the republican caucus was due to oust him , sansom resigned as house republican leader , a post which automatically made him speaker .
cretul was unanimously elected his successor , and was named speaker at the start of the legislative session on march 3 .
representative cretul was born on january 18 , 1948 in trenton , michigan .
he served in the u.s. navy from 1967 to 1971 , including a tour aboard `` uss forrestal '' .
he moved to florida in 1971 .
he attended lawrence technological university .
he was elected to the marion county commission in 1994 and was re-elected 1998 .
he was first elected to the florida house in 2002 , and subsequently re-elected to three more terms .
he is married to lana j. delves of wyandotte , michigan and they have two children , brian and scott .
