Robert J. Barham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert J. Barham

American politician

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1949

Place of Birth: Monroe, Louisiana, United States

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Robert Jocelyn Barham (born January 25, 1949) is an American large-scale farmer from Morehouse Parish in northern Louisiana who served for all eight years under former Governor Bobby Jindal as the secretary of his state's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
He is a Republican former member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 33 (Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, and West Carroll parishes), all of which border Arkansas in the northeastern section of his state. In an interview published on January 1, 2008, Barham listed his major LDWF issues would be coastal restoration and controlling invasive aquatic vegetation in lakes and waterways: "We'll be on the front lines of coastal restoration.
It's a huge project.
It's going to have an impact on fisheries, oyster leases, the environment — but we have no choice.
We have to do it."Though he left Wildlife and Fisheries in January 2016, Barham has returned to employment by state government.
Later in the same month, he was named director of state parks and historic sites under new Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, a friend with whom Barham worked in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010.