Lyall Arthur Schwarzkopf (June 10, 1931 – January 30, 2025) was an American politician in the state of

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

. He served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

from 1963 to 1972. He previously served as the Chairman of the Hennepin County, Minnesota Republican Party and Field Secretary of the Minnesota State Medical Association. Schwarzkopf was later chief of staff for Minnesota governor

Arne Carlson Arne Helge Carlson (born September 24, 1934) is an American politician who served from 1991 to 1999 as the 37th governor of Minnesota. Carlson is considered a liberal Republican. Before his governorship, he served as the Minnesota State Audito ...

. He also served in the

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. He died on January 30, 2025 at the age of 93.

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1931 births 2025 deaths People from Waupaca, Wisconsin Military personnel from Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Chiefs of staff to the governor of Minnesota 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Republican-stub