Dean Burke

The Honorable
Dean Burke

This is a picture of the Great Seal of Georgia

Member of the Georgia Senate
from the 11th district
Upper House of the Georgia General Assembly
Assumed office
2013
Senate Committee, seats held
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, member  • Education and Youth, member  • Health and Human Services, member  • Retirement, vice chairman
Meeting place
A photograph of the Georgia State Capitol
Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
Website www.legis.ga.gov

Dean Burke is a Senate Republican in the 152nd Georgia General Assembly from Bainbridge, Georgia.[1] Burke was first elected Senator in the 2012 general election, and serves Georgia's 11th district—a constituency which includes Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, and Seminole counties—with portions of Mitchell and Thomas counties as well.[2]

Early life and education

Dean Burke graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Southwestern State University—going on to graduate from the Medical College of Georgia. He then trained in specialized medicine at Mercer University's School of Medicine. Burke is board certified and has been a practicing physician in Georgia for the past 28 years.

Political career

Senator Burke was elected in 2012 and sworn into the Senate in 2013.[1] He sits on the Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Education and Youth, Health and Human Services, and Retirement committees.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Senator Dean Burke. Senate.ga.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ District 11 Senator Dean Burke (R). Senate.ga.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.