Kirsten Baesler
Kirsten Baesler | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education | |
| Assumed office November 24, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Ian Rosenblum (acting) |
| 19th North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
| In office January 1, 2013 – November 24, 2025 | |
| Governor | Jack Dalrymple Doug Burgum Kelly Armstrong |
| Preceded by | Wayne Sanstead |
| Succeeded by | Levi Bachmeier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 30, 1969 Flasher, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Bismarck State College Minot State University (BA) Valley City State University (MLS) |
| Website | Official website |
Kirsten Baesler (born March 30, 1969) is the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education since 2025, previously serving as the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction, a position she held from her election in 2012 till 2025.
Baesler was nominated by president Donald Trump to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, succeeding acting assistant secretary Ian Rosenblum. She was confirmed on October 7, 2025 and is pending her official resignation's effective date and swearing in, with the Department of Education potentially hindered from swearing her in until the end of the 2025 United States federal government shutdown.