Ed Schafer

Ed Schafer interests me as a study in rootedness. Born in Bismarck, educated at the University of North Dakota, he served two terms as the state's governor, then jumped to Washington as George W. Bush's agriculture secretary, and finally returned to lead his alma mater as interim president. What I respect is the through-line: a businessman who never stopped being a North Dakotan. Putting someone who knows farm-state realities in charge of agriculture feels like common sense, and his willingness to circle back to education says something about loyalty. He reads to me as a steady, place-anchored public servant rather than a celebrity politician.

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Name (English)

Ed Schafer

Name (Japanese)

エドワード・トマス・シェーファー

Reading

えどわーど・とます・しぇーふぁー

Born

August 8, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

Occupation

politician / businessperson

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

University

University of North Dakota

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Schafer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887102

Tags

• North Dakota
• politician
• businessperson

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.