
Former Secretary of Homeland Security · United States[1],[2]
Kristi Noem served as the 8th United States Secretary of Homeland Security from January 25, 2025 until March 24, 2026, when Markwayne Mullin was sworn in as her successor. She previously served as Governor of South Dakota (2019-2025) and as South Dakota's at-large U.S. Representative (2011-2019), and became Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas in March 2026.
What each year added up to: salary, plus outside income, royalties, endorsements, prizes and investment income where a source reports them. A financial disclosure gives ranges, shown as such.
Health, weight and religion appear only where the person, their physician or a reputable outlet has published them; each links to its source.
One octagon for each phase of the life of Kristi Noem. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
Actions by courts, regulators and ethics bodies, each with where it stands. Reviewed October 11, 2026. Only documented official actions are counted: findings, penalties and settlements, and cases still open. A charge or an investigation is not a finding, cases that ended in the person's favour are listed as such, and it is not a judgment of character.
2 findings or penalties1 resolved in their favour
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