Michael Lynn Parson is an American politician serving as the 57th governor of Missouri since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Parson assumed the governorship when Eric Greitens resigned, as he was lieutenant governor at the time. Parson served the remainder of Greitens's term and was elected governor in his own right in 2020.
Official portrait, 2021
Parson in 2012
Parson being sworn in as Governor of Missouri in 2018 by Mary Rhodes Russell alongside his wife Teresa
Parson at a press conference in 2019
Eric Robert Greitens is an American former politician who was the 56th governor of Missouri from January 2017 until June 2018. He resigned that month amid allegations of sexual assault and campaign finance impropriety.
Official portrait, 2017
Greitens speaking in 2011
Greitens and a U.S. Marine with The Mission Continues in 2012
Greitens with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis in March 2017