Susan Combs

Susan Combs
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Policy, Management, and Budget)
In office
June 5, 2019 – April 25, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
37th Comptroller of Texas
In office
January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2015
GovernorRick Perry
Preceded byCarole Keeton
Succeeded byGlenn Hegar
10th Agriculture Commissioner of Texas
In office
January 5, 1999 – January 1, 2007
GovernorGeorge W. Bush
Rick Perry
Preceded byRick Perry
Succeeded byTodd Staples
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 47th district
In office
January 12, 1993 – January 26, 1996
Preceded byLibby Linebarger
Succeeded byPatty Keel
Personal details
Born (1945-02-26) February 26, 1945
PartyRepublican
SpouseJoe Duran
Children3
EducationVassar College (AB)
University of Texas at Austin (JD)
Websitewww.susancombs.com

Susan Combs (born February 26, 1945) is an American politician, having served elected office in Texas and as the assistant secretary of policy, management and budget at the U.S. Department of the Interior under President Donald Trump.

A Republican, Combs served from 2007 to 2015 as the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Prior to her tenure as comptroller, Combs had served two terms as commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture from 1999 to 2007, taking the reins as the first woman elected to that office in 1998. Combs also served two terms in the Texas House of Representatives.