George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III is an American politician who served as the 31st United States secretary of agriculture from 2017 to 2021.
A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 81st governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011 and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1991 to 2002.
Official portrait, 2017
Perdue (far right) and other U.S. state governors with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Perdue greeting President George W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush in July 2005
Perdue in March 2007
United States Secretary of Agriculture
The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments.
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Image: Hon. Isaac Newton, Pa NARA 529257 (cropped)
Image: Horace Capron
Image: Frederick Watts