John Greene | |
Office1: | President of the Arizona Senate |
Term Start1: | January 1, 1993 |
Term End1: | December 31, 1996 |
Preceded1: | Pete Rios |
Succeeded1: | Brenda Burns |
State Senate2: | Arizona |
District2: | 24th |
Term Start2: | January 1, 1991 |
Term End2: | December 31, 1996 |
Predecessor2: | Pete Corpstein |
Successor2: | Sue Grace |
Birth Date: | c. 1948 |
Birth Place: | New York |
Death Date: | October 2, 2013 |
Death Place: | Phoenix, Arizona |
Nationality: | American |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | St. John's University, New York University |
Profession: | lawyer |
John Allan Greene was an American politician, who served in the Arizona State Senate from 1991 to 1996.[1] A member of the Arizona Republican Party, he represented the 24th Senate District, and served as president of the senate from 1993 until the end of his term.
A native of New York, Greene was educated in law at St. John's University and New York University before launching his career in corporate and tax law.[1]
Following the end of his term in the state senate, he was appointed as head of the state insurance department in 1997 by Governor Fife Symington.[1] He was a candidate in the Republican primaries for the Arizona Attorney General election in 2002, losing to Andrew Thomas.[1] He subsequently announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor of Arizona in the 2006 Arizona gubernatorial election,[2] but withdrew from the race.
In 2011, he was appointed as director of the Arizona Department of Revenue by governor Jan Brewer,[3] holding that role until his death in 2013.[1]