TheMichigan auditor general is the chief fiscal officer of theState of Michigan. The Office of the Auditor General was established in 1836 and, with changes to the Michigan Constitution in 1963, has become the independent oversight arm of the Legislature. The first Michigan auditor general wasRobert Abbott. The first Republican in office (1863) wasEmil Anneke, an activeabolitionist,Forty-Eighter of German Origin and younger brother of U.S. colonel and German 1849 revolutionary leaderFritz Anneke. In 1959, lawyer andNAACP activistOtis M. Smith was elected the Michigan auditor general, as one of the firstAfrican Americans to serve in a senior state government office.
The current Michigan auditor general,Doug A. Ringler, C.P.A, C.I.A, was appointed by the Michigan Legislature effective June 9, 2014.
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