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{{short description|American politician and former lieutenant governor of Minnesota}}
{{Infobox_Lt_Governor
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{{Infobox Lt Governor
|name= Louis Wangberg
|image = Lou Wangberg.jpg
|caption= Louis Wangberg
|order= 41<sup>st</sup>41st
|state=
|office=Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
|term_start= January 41, 1979
|term_end= January 3, 1983
|governor= [[Al Quie]]
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|successor= [[Marlene Johnson]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1941|03|27}}
|birth_place= [[Bemidji, Minnesota]], U.S.
|death_date=
|death_place=
|party= [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Independent-Republican]]
|profession= schoolSchool superintendent, educator
|spouse= Jane Ormiston (until 1988)
|children=3
|footnotes=
}}
'''Louis "Lou" Wangberg''' (born March 27, 1941) of [[Bemidji, Minnesota]] is an American educator andwho was the [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota|41st Lieutenantlieutenant Governorgovernor of Minnesota]]. He was elected on the [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Independent-Republican]] ticket with Governor [[Al Quie]] and served from January 1, 1979, to January 3, 1983. WhileHe servingalso served as LieutenantQuie's Governor he was alsochief chief-of- staff for Governor Quie for a part of the term until he sought the governor's office on his own. In 1982, hewhen Quie chose not to run for reelection, Wangberg was the Independent -Republican endorsed candidate for governor, inbut lost the electionprimary whereto [[Wheelock Whitney, Jr.|Wheelock Whitney]]. (DFL nominee [[Rudy Perpich]] waswon returnedthe to officeelection.)
 
BeforeWangberg servingfirst assought the congressional nomination for the Seventh District when Bob Bergland vacated the office to become Jimmy Carter's Secretary of Agriculture. He lost the primary to Arlan Stangeland. Before becoming [[Lieutenant Governor|lieutenant governor]], Wangberg served as a school superintendent fromin [[Bemidji, Minnesota|Bemidji]]. FollowingAfter his term of office he was an executive with the Jostens Corporation, a management consultant, professional speaker, and the president of Flagler Career Institute. To date Wangberg is the last male Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
 
To date, Wangberg is the last male to serve as Minnesota's lieutenant governor.
Wangberg currently resides in [[Plantation, Florida]] and is an Advanced Placement United States History and government/economics teacher at Pembroke Pines Charter High School, the largest charter high school in the United States (1,700 students). He also is a professor in the doctoral program of Northcentral University and the Keller Graduate School of Management. His catchphrase is "Quietttttt!"▼
 
▲Wangberg currently resideslives in [[PlantationOakland Park, Florida]]. and isHe antaught Advanced Placement UnitedAmerican States Historyhistory and government/economics teacher at Pembroke Pines Charter High School, the largest charter high school in the United States (1,700 students). He also isserved as a professor in the doctoral program ofat Northcentral University and the Keller Graduate School of Management. His catchphrase is "Quietttttt!"
 
==References==
*[http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/lt_gov/ltgov_32.htm Minnesota Historical Society]
 
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title=[[List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota|Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota]]|
years=1979 &ndash; 19831979–1983|
after=[[Marlene Johnson]]}}
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