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Former Lt. Gov. Posthumus is Snyder’s new chief of staff

Posted at 1:48 PM, Feb 09, 2017
and last updated 2017-02-09 13:48:46-05

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder has named a former lieutenant governor as his chief of staff.

Dick Posthumus has been an adviser to Snyder since 2011. He was lieutenant governor under Gov. John Engler and lost a race for governor in 2002.

In a statement Thursday, Snyder says “few people” have Posthumus’ knowledge of state government. Posthumus fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Jarrod Agen, who is leaving Lansing to work for Vice President Mike Pence.

Posthumus, a Republican from the Grand Rapids area, also served as a state senator for 16 years.