--- title: Donald Trump To Name Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary description: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will name former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as his nominee for secretary of agriculture canonical: https://time.com/4638728/trump-sonny-perdue-agriculture/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-19T02:03:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:48:02.023Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump To Name Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary og:description: The former Georgia governor's nomination completes Trump's proposed cabinet og:url: https://time.com/4638728/trump-sonny-perdue-agriculture/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f807b0cb4b3d599/6988b60ccd1bba2e26703a40/gettyimages-626801230.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4161 og:image:height: 2341 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump To Name Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary twitter:description: The former Georgia governor's nomination completes Trump's proposed cabinet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f807b0cb4b3d599/6988b60ccd1bba2e26703a40/gettyimages-626801230.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Will Name Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary > Sponsored content. 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Smith—AFP/Getty Images by [Steve Holland / Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## Steve Holland / Reuters Jan 19, 2017 2:03 AM UTC (WASHINGTON) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will name former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as his nominee for secretary of agriculture on Thursday, a senior transition official said on Wednesday. Perdue, 70, served on Trump’s agricultural advisory committee during his presidential campaign. His nomination, which must be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate, will complete Trump’s proposed Cabinet just two days before he is sworn in as president on Friday. During his time as governor, Perdue‘s key agricultural issues included water management and making changes to the tax code that were beneficial to farmers, said Jeffrey Harvey, legislative director for the Georgia Farm Bureau. Perdue, a Republican, was elected to two terms as governor, serving from 2003 to 2011\. Before that, he served in the state Senate representing a rural swath of the state about 100 miles (160 km) south of Atlanta. 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