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Leo Giacometto
Born
Leo Anthony Giacometto

(1962-05-14)May 14, 1962
Belle Fourche, S. Dakota, US
DiedAugust 8, 2022(2022-08-08) (aged 60)
Bahrain
Burial placeAlzada, Montana, US
Occupations
  • Soldier
  • politician
  • lobbyist
Spouses
  • Mildred Echeverria
  • Aurelia Skipwith
    ​
    (m. 2021)​
ChildrenTwo
Military career
Branch
Years1980–2003
RankLieutenant colonel
Montana representative to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council
In office
2001–2002
GovernorJudy Martz
Director of the Montana Department of Agriculture
In office
1993–1995
GovernorMarc Racicot
Member of the Montana House of Representatives
In office
1987–1990

Leo Anthony Giacometto (May 14, 1962 – August 8, 2022) was an American

lobbyist
.

Personal life

Leo Anthony Giacometto was born on May 14, 1962 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Sondra Floyd and Leo Eugene Giacometto.[1] He grew up in Alzada, Montana on a sheep ranch.[2]

Giacometto met his first wife, Mildred Echeverria, in Panama. He had two children: Tasha Giacometto and Leo Cassidy Giacometto[1] (born in 1988 or 1989).[3]

Skipwith in January 2020

In 2019, Giacometto was engaged to

Aurelia Skipwith, an attorney, biologist, and former lobbyist for Monsanto who was President Donald Trump's nominee for director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. During her confirmation process in the United States Senate, Skipwith's relationship with Giacometto was scrutinized after it was revealed that she did not disclose her ties with Giacometto, a registered lobbyist on behalf of agricultural businesses, to whom she was engaged.[4] The two married in New Orleans on September 25, 2021.[1]

Giacometto died on August 8, 2022, in Bahrain, and was buried on the family ranch in Alzada.[1]

Career

Military

A graduate of the Montana Military Academy and United States Army Military Police Academy, Giacometto served in the United States Army and Army Reserve[5] from 1980 through 2003[6] before retiring as a lieutenant colonel.[5]

Politics

In 1987, Giacometto was elected to the Montana House of Representatives, where he served until 1990.[6]

On February 28, 1990, President George H. W. Bush nominated Giacometto as US marshal for Montana. On April 5, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed him,[7] making Giacometto the then-youngest US marshal in history.[2] He left the Marshals in 1993,[6] before his four-year term was complete.[7] Giacometto was also a magistrate judge.[5]

Giacometto was the Montana Department of Agriculture director from 1993 through 1995[6] under Governor Marc Racicot.[2]

In 1995, Giacometto became the

lobbyist for Morrison–Knudsen.[2]

Upon the election of Governor

county attorney;[9] he was acquitted of the misdemeanor in January 2001 by a six-member jury. That August, Giacometto was the first person at the scene of the drunk-driving crash that killed Montana Representative Paul Sliter, and was seen "trying to hide beer cans and bottles that had spilled from [Shane] Hedges' wrecked pickup, in which Sliter had been riding."[3] Giacometto was also the subject of investigation by Lewis and Clark County law enforcement officers for allegedly threatening Missoulian columnist Mary Jo Fox (through state senator John Harp) for an article critical of the governor.[2] Giacometto left the NPCC seat in March 2002.[3]

Civilian

In 1999, Giacometto became the vice president of government affairs for both

lobbyist for the Vector Group.[6]

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 2250546. Archived
    from the original on August 28, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  2. ^
    OCLC 11938457. Archived
    from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2022.>
  3. ^
    OCLC 10317615. Archived
    from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  4. OCLC 60623878. Archived
    from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2022. Aurelia Skipwith, nominee to lead US Fish and Wildlife Service, linked to groups opposed to protections for endangered species
  5. ^ a b c "Leo Giacometto: Co-Founder". Mongolia Fund. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Employment History". OpenSecrets. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  7. ^ a b 101st United States Congress (April 5, 1990). "PN1108 — Leo A. Giacometto — Department of Justice". Congress.gov. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000)". Official Congressional Directory. United States Government Publishing Office. June 1999. pp. 156–157. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  9. OCLC 10049426. Archived
    from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
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