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Paul Thissen (born December 10, 1966) is a Minnesota politician and the 58th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and current DFL Minority Leader. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 61B, which is in south Minneapolis. First elected in 2002, Thissen has been reelected every two years since. ==Family, education and professional career== Thissen was born in Bloomington, Minnesota. His parents, Frank and Barb Thissen, were both lifelong educators. Frank grew up on a farm in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, that the family still owns, and worked for the Saint Paul Public Schools as a teacher, counselor, and administrator. Barb worked for many years as a special education teacher for Richfield Public Schools. After graduating from the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota, Thissen attended Harvard University and graduated with high honors in 1989. He earned a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1992. Thissen clerked for James B. Loken of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and then went to work at the Minneapolis law firm of Briggs & Morgan, where he specialized in general litigation and appellate work and served as chair of the firm's Pro Bono Committee. During Thissen's tenure, he pioneered new approaches for lawyers to serve the community, initiating partnerships with several local non-profits. The firm more than doubled the hours of free legal services it provided to low-income individuals and nonprofits. Thissen also worked for the Minnesota State Public Defender's Office and founded "Access for Persons with Disabilities," a group of lawyers dedicated to providing legal services to persons with disabilities. Thissen now works as an attorney specializing in health care law at the Minneapolis law firm of Lindquist and Vennum. In 2006, he was named one of "Forty Under 40" top business professionals in the Twin Cities by the ''Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal''. In 2008, he was named one of the "Best Brains" in the Twin Cities by ''Mpls.St.Paul Magazine''. In 2008 and 2012, Paul was recognized as one of the 100 Influential Minnesotans in Health Care by ''Physician ''Magazine. In 2013, he was named the sixth most powerful person in Minnesota by ''Minnesota Monthly'' Magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Minnesota Monthly )〕 Thissen is married to Karen Wilson Thissen, with whom he has three children. Thissen has been active in community activities. He is a Trustee of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and has served on the boards of the Minnesota Justice Foundation and numerous other local nonprofits. 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「Paul Thissen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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