Michael Steele Biography
Michael (Stephen) Steele is an American politician and attorney. He serves as a conservative political analyst for MSNBC and hosts the “Michael Steele Podcast”. As a Republican Party politician, he previously served as a lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007.
He is also an author having written, “Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda” and also co-authored “The Recovering Politician’s Twelve Step Program to Survive Crisis.”
Michael Steele Age
He was born on 19th October, 1958 in Prince George’s county, Maryland, United States.
Michael Steele Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet and 8 inches tall.
Michael Steele Nationality
He is an American national.
Michael Steele Ethnicity
He is of African-American Ethnicity.
Michael Steele Education
Michael attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C and he later joined Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore City, Maryland where he graduated with a BA degree in international studies in 1981.
He studied for the catholic priesthood for three years at the Augustinian Friars Seminary at Villanova University before enrolling at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C where he graduated with a JD degree in 1991. He failed the Maryland bar exam, but passed the Pennsylvania exam.
Michael Steele Parents
Steele was adopted as an infant by William Steele and Maebell Steele. His father died in 1962 from complications of alcoholism when he was four years old and his mother mother, who had been born into a sharecropping family in South Carolina worked as a laundress.
After Steele’s father died, his mother married John Turner, a truck driver who drove a truck for the U.S. Department of Defense. Turner also served on occasion as a limousine driver for then-Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Michael Steele Siblings
Michael has a sister, Monica Turner who they were raised together in the Petworth neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C. which he described as a small, stable and racially integrated community that insulated him from some of the problems elsewhere in the city. His sister was married by the former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson but their divorced.
Michael Steele Wife
Michael married Andrea Derritt Steele his longtime girlfriend in 1985 when he was 27 years old. His wife worked as a banker and eventually rose to the position of vice-president at the Riggs Bank in Washington, D.C. but she later put her career on hold to stay at home and raise their two sons.
Andrea completed her M.B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. The couple met while Michael was studying at the John Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Michael Steele Children
Steele and his wife Andrea has two sons, Michael II and Drew. Their first born son, Michael II was born in 1988 and Drew their last-born son was born in 1991.
Michael Steele Governor
Michael is a former Maryland lieutenant governor where he served from 2003 to 2007. He was the first African-American to be elected to statewide office in Maryland. He again made history after he was chosen to be the first African-American chairperson of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2009 to 2011.
He was brought up in a family of Democrats but he grew up to join the Republican party. Soon after he founded the “Republican Leadership Council”. He was named the Republican Man of the Year” in 1995 by the Republican Party. He took part in several political campaigns and in 2000 he was a delegate in the “Republican National Convention”, held in Philadelphia.
In 2005, he was named Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership and awarded the 2005 Bethune-DuBois Institute Award for his ongoing work in the development of quality education in Maryland.
He has served in several boards and commissions, including the Export-ImportBank Advisory Board, the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, and the Republican National Committee. He also chaired GOPAC, a Republican training organization, that helps and funds national and state campaigns.
In January 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee but was later replaced by Reince Priebus. He was charged with revitalizing the Republican Party. During his tenure the RNC broke fundraising records, with more than $198 million raised during the 2010 congressional cycle; and Republicans won 63 House seats, the biggest pickup since 1938. His commitment to grassroots organizing and party-building at the state and local levels produced 12 governorships and the greatest share of state legislative seats since 1928, reflecting a pickup of more than 600 seats.
Michael Steele MSNBC
Michael is a regular political analyst for MSNBC since 2011. He joined MSNBC after losing his chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. Prior to joining the network as a political commentator, he made several appearances on “The Rachel Maddow Show” and a few others on MSNBC programming.
He is also a columist at The Root, the Washington Post Company’s website targeted at African-Americans. He writes monthly columns and weigh in on breaking news. He also contributes to POLITICO’s Arena.
Michael Steele Podcast
Michael is the host of ‘The Michael Steele Podcast’ where he ‘brings his experience as an MSNBC political analyst and from a lifetime in politics to a podcast which transcends traditional political boundaries in order to dig deep and find real solutions.’
He also previously co-hosted the daily radio program, Steele & Ungar on the POTUS Channel on SiriusXM.
Michael Steele Activist
Steele is also an activist and in 2020 he joined The Lincoln Project, a group of conservatives focused on ensuring that President Donald Trump is not reelected.
Did Michael Steele serve in the military?
Michael has never served in the military not to be confused with Michael Dane Steele who is a retired colonel of the United States Army. He commanded the 3rd Brigade (Rakkasan) of 101st Airborne Division from June 2004 through November 2006. He also commanded 75th Ranger Regiment during the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) in Somalia during Operation Gothic Serpent, which resulted in the now famous book and film Black Hawk Down.
Michael Steele MSNBC Salary
His estimated annual salary is $ 260,000 .
Michael Steele Net Worth
His estimated net worth is $ 4.5 million.
Michael Steele Twitter
His Twitter handle is; @MichaelSteele
