Mitch Irwin | |
Office: | Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture |
Term Start: | August 1, 2005 |
Term End: | July 31, 2007 |
Predecessor: | Dan Wyant |
Successor: | Don Koivisto |
Office2: | Director of the Michigan Department of Management and Budget |
Term Start2: | January 30, 2003 |
Term End2: | July 31, 2005 |
Successor2: | Lisa Webb Sharpe |
State Senate3: | Michigan |
District3: | 37th |
Term Start3: | January 1, 1979 |
Term End3: | December 31, 1990 |
Predecessor3: | Robert William Davis |
Successor3: | George A. McManus, Jr. |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1952 |
Birth Place: | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan |
Party: | Democratic |
Mitch Irwin (born July 8, 1952) is a former Democratic member of the Michigan Senate, serving from 1979 through 1990, and was director of two state executive departments under former Governor Jennifer M. Granholm.[1]
Irwin was a member of the Michigan 4-H Board of Trustees and the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame Board of Trustees.[2]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives in 1976, and for Congress in 1988.[3]