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:''For other persons of the same name, see Michael Williams (disambiguation) Michael Lawrence Williams (born May 31, 1953) is the departing Commissioner of Education, the leader of the Texas Education Agency, first appointed to the position on August 27, 2012, by then Governor Rick Perry.〔Smith, Morgan. (Michael Williams to Head Texas Education Agency ), ''Texas Tribune, August 27, 2012.〕 On October 15, 2015, Williams announced that he will step down as education commissioner at the end of the year to return to the private sector. The 200-mile one-way commute from his home in Arlington to the state capital in Austin had become too taxing to remain in the position, Williams said. Perry's successor, Governor Greg Abbott, will name Williams' replacement.〔Lauren McGaughy, "Education commissioner to leave post at year's end: Williams says commute took toll", ''San Antonio Express-News'', October 16, 2015, pp. A3, A5〕 Williams is a former member of the elected Texas Railroad Commission, a regulatory body over, not railroads, but the oil and natural gas industries. Williams is the first African American to hold a statewide elected executive office in Texas history. He was appointed to the commission by then Governor George W. Bush in 1999, and won elections in 2000, 2002, and 2008 to retain the office before eventually resigning in 2011. He is also the fourth African American to be elected to statewide office overall following Morris Overstreet, Wallace B. Jefferson, and Dale Wainwright. Williams ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary on May 29, 2012, for the redrawn 25th congressional district seat that stretches southward from Tarrant to Hays counties.〔(Answering The Call ), Michael Williams for U.S. Congress, July 29, 2011.〕 ==Political appointments== In 1990, U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush appointed Williams to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights (the Office for Civil Rights) at the United States Department of Education,〔 a post previously held by Clarence Thomas, whom Bush named to the United States Supreme Court in 1991. Previously, Chairman Williams served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement at the United States Department of the Treasury. In that capacity, he had oversight responsibility for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Customs Service, the (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ) and the (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ) (August 1989 - June 1990). He also served as Special Assistant to Attorney General Richard Thornburgh at the United States Department of Justice (January 1988 - June 1989). In 1988, former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese awarded Williams the Attorney General’s "Special Achievement Award" for the conviction of six Ku Klux Klan members on federal weapons charges. Williams was a federal prosecutor from 1984–1988 and a former assistant district attorney in his hometown of Midland, Texas. Williams at the 2004 Republican National Convention, where he endorsed President George W. Bush. He also spoke at the 2008 Republican National Conventionin Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he endorsed the party nominee, U.S. Senator John S. McCain of Arizona for president. Texas Gov. Perry, on August 27, 2012, nominated Williams to be the next chief of the Texas Education Agency.〔Tinsley, Anna. (Arlington's Michael Williams appointed new state education commissioner ), Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 27, 2012〕 Williams is the first African-American Commissioner of Education in Texas history.〔(Commissioner of Education Michael L. Williams ), Texas Education Agency, August 27, 2012.〕 On October 15, 2015 Williams announced his resignation as Texas Education Agency commissioner, effective January 1, 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael L. Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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