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|name = Michael L. Connor
|image = MikeSpeaking.jpg
|office =
| status = Nominee
|president = [[Barack Obama]]▼
|president = [[Joe Biden]]
|term_start = February 27, 2014▼
|term_start = TBD
|term_end = January 20, 2017▼
|term_end =
|predecessor = [[David J. Hayes]]▼
|predecessor = Jaime A. Pinkham (acting)
|successor = [[David Bernhardt]]▼
|successor =
|office1 = 6th [[United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|8|21}}
|birth_place = [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]], U.S.
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|education = [[New Mexico State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of Colorado, Boulder]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''Michael L. Connor''' is an American politician and government official. Among other positions in the [[United States Department of the Interior]], he was the former [[United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior]] from 2014 to 2017 and is currently the nominee for [[Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)]] at the [[United States Department of the Army]].
==Early life and education==
Born in [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]],<ref name="engr.nmsu.edu">https://engr.nmsu.edu/news_09_03_24_connor/</ref> he spent his childhood in New Mexico.<ref name="Senate_Connor_2013"/> He is an enrolled member of Taos Pueblo. His maternal grandfather was a leader within the [[Taos Pueblo]] community<ref name="Senate_Connor_2013"/> and was an original member of Taos Pueblo's water rights task force.<ref name="IndianCountryToday_2013"/> Michael L. Connor received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[chemical engineering]] from [[New Mexico State University]] in 1986. He then received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from the [[University of Colorado Law School|University Of Colorado School Of Law]],<ref name="Announcement" /> and is admitted to the bars of [[Colorado]] and New Mexico.<ref name="engr.nmsu.edu"/>
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Following his resignation as Deputy Secretary of the Interior, he was appointed as an Environment Program Fellow at the Walton Family Foundation.<ref>[http://blog.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/2017/february/on-the-brink On the Brink: A Colorado River Q&A with Michael Connor-Environment-Walton Family Foundation]</ref> In September 2017, he joined the law firm of [[WilmerHale]], as a Partner in the firm's Washington, D.C. and Denver, Colorado offices.<ref>[https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/09/05/1107897/0/en/Michael-L-Connor-Former-Interior-Department-Deputy-Secretary-Joins-WilmerHale.html Michael L. Connor, Former Interior Department Deputy Secretary, Joins WilmerHale (Nasdaq Global Newswire article-September 5, 2017)]</ref>
===Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)===
On April 27, 2021, it was announced that Conner would be the nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) at the United States Department of the Army.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-27|title=President Biden Announces Key Administration Nominations in National Security |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/27/president-biden-announces-key-administration-nominations-in-national-security-2/|access-date=2021-04-27|website=The White House|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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