Mike Parson

Mike Parson
Official portrait, 2021
57th Governor of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1, 2018
Lieutenant	Mike Kehoe
Preceded by	Eric Greitens
47th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
In office January 9, 2017 – June 1, 2018
Governor	Eric Greitens
Preceded by	Peter Kinder
Succeeded by	Mike Kehoe
Member of the Missouri Senate from the 28th district
In office January 5, 2011 – January 4, 2017
Preceded by	Delbert Scott
Succeeded by	Sandy Crawford
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 133rd district
In office January 5, 2005 – January 5, 2011
Preceded by	Ronnie Miller
Succeeded by	Sue Entlicher
Sheriff of Polk County
In office 1993–2004
Preceded by	Charles Simmons
Succeeded by	Steven Bruce
Personal details
Born	Michael Lynn Parson (1955-09-17) September 17, 1955 (age 68) Wheatland, Missouri, US
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Teresa Parson ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	2
Residence	Missouri Governor's Mansion
Website	Government website
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army Military Police Corps
Years of service	1975–1981
Rank	Sergeant

Michael Lynn Parson (born September 17, 1955) is an American politician serving as the 57th governor of Missouri since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Parson assumed the governorship when Eric Greitens resigned, as he was lieutenant governor at the time. Parson served the remainder of Greitens's term and was elected governor in his own right in 2020.

Parson served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011 and the Missouri Senate from 2011 to 2017. He was elected lieutenant governor in 2016. He assumed the governorship on June 1, 2018, upon Greitens's resignation. As governor, Parson signed a bill criminalizing abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy and opposed Medicaid expansion. He oversaw the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, issuing a temporary stay-at-home order in April 2020 but allowing school districts to decide whether to close. Parson placed restrictions on mail-in voting during the 2020 U.S. elections, and oversaw Missouri's reaction to the George Floyd protests.