Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez appointed the former U.S. House member.

Gaetz will begin serving on the board starting July 1.

“I am returning to public service! Thank you, Speaker Perez, for this appointment. I look forward to the work ahead as we continue improving the lives of Northwest Floridians,” Gaetz said.

The Hill shared further:

Gaetz said he was appointed by state House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) to sit on a seven-member board for the state-created organization overseeing the disbursement of settlement funds from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

His four-year term will begin July 1 and run through June 30, 2030, according to a letter sent by Perez to Gaetz.

The appointment would be his first public service role since resigning from Congress in 2024, when President Trump nominated him to serve as attorney general.

But Gaetz later withdrew from consideration following an investigation by the Justice Department and a House ethics probe over allegations involving underage women.

While the probe ultimately did not lead to charges and Gaetz denied any wrongdoing, it was evident he would not be able to secure the support from enough senators to be confirmed.

Gaetz represented Northwest Florida in Congress, serving as the U.S. representative for Florida’s 1st Congressional District from 2017 to 2024.

The district included all of Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties, as well as portions of Walton County.

Florida Politics has more:

Gaetz in Congress was one of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies on the Hill, and was also a close ally to Gov. Ron DeSantis during his first campaign for Governor in 2018. When those two Florida Republicans ran for President against one another in 2024, Gaetz endorsed Trump.

He was rumored as a potential candidate last year for Governor or Attorney General but ultimately did not pursue either office for long. Notably, Trump’s campaign team also tried to woo Perez to run for Florida Attorney General, but the Miami Republican did not do so.

More recently, Trump nominated Perez to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Brazil.

 

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