Photo: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What grabs me about Markwayne Mullin is the sheer arc of the resume: a plumber and Oklahoma rancher who climbed from the House to the Senate and now sits as Homeland Security secretary. I have a soft spot for politicians who came up through hard physical work rather than legacy or academia, because that kind of background tends to bring a grounded bluntness you cannot fake. Whatever you make of his politics, the self-made trajectory commands respect. I suspect his time behind a radio mic and on the ranch left him with a directness that reads as authentic to the people back home.
Overview
Markwayne Mullin (born July 26, 1977) is an American politician and businessman who has served since 2026 as the ninth United States secretary of homeland security. A member of the Republican Party, Mullin served from 2023 to 2026 as the junior United States senator from Oklahoma and from 2013 to 2023 as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's second congressional district.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Markwayne Mullin
- Name (Japanese)
- マークウェイン・モーリン
- Reading
- まーくうぇいん・もーりん
- Born
- July 26, 1977 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Snake
- Origin
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / radio personality / rancher / business executive / plumber
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Stilwell High School
- University
- Oklahoma State University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.