PROFILE Ag chief

Name: Michael Owen Johanns
Party: Republican
Occupation: Governor
Age: 54. Born June 18, 1950, in Osage, Iowa, to John and Adeline Johanns.
Residence: Lincoln, Neb.
Education: Graduated with a bachelor's degree from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minn., in 1971. Earned a law degree from Creighton University in 1974.
Professional experience: Clerk for Nebraska Supreme Court Judge Hale McCown, 1974. Practiced law in O'Neill, 1975-1976. Became a partner in the Lincoln law firm Nelson, Johanns, Morris, Holdeman & amp; Titus in 1977. Attorney.
Political experience: As a Democrat, elected to, and served as chairman of, the Lancaster Board of Commissioners in 1982. Left the board in 1987. Became a Republican in 1988. Elected to the Lincoln City Council in 1989 as an at-large member. Elected mayor of Lincoln in 1991, and re-elected in 1995. Elected governor in 1998. Re-elected 2002.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Family: Divorced first wife, Connie, in 1986. Years later, married former state Sen. Stephanie Armitage, who had served with Johanns on the county board. A son and daughter from his first marriage, a grandson and a granddaughter.