Jeffrey "Jeff" Kottkamp is an American politician from Florida, and served as the state's 17th Lieutenant Governor, from 2007 to 2011. Kottkamp, a Republican, served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2006. In September 2006 he was selected as the running mate for Republican candidate for Governor Charlie Crist. Crist and Kottkamp were elected in November 2006 and Kottkamp was subsequently sworn in as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Florida on January 2, 2007. As Lt. Governor he served as Chairman of the Board of Space Florida, Chairman of Florida's Children and Youth Cabinet, Chairman of the Florida Sports Foundation, and had oversight responsibility for the Governor's Office of Drug Control, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, as well as the Governor's Film and Entertainment Office. 

November 12th, 1960 in Indianapolis (Age 64)