Tim Deratany

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tim Deratany

| image = Tim Deratany.jpg

| image_size = 180px

| caption = Deratany in 1978

| state_senate = Florida

| district = 16th

| term_start = 1984

| term_end = 1990

| predecessor = Clark Maxwell Jr.

| successor = Patsy Ann Kurth

| state_house1 = Florida

| district1 = 32nd

| term_start1 = 1982

| term_end1 = 1984

| predecessor1 = Chris Meffert

| successor1 = Dixie Newton Sansom

| state_house2 = Florida

| district2 = 47th

| term_start2 = 1978

| term_end2 = 1982

| predecessor2 = Bill Nelson

| successor2 = Charles R. Smith

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|10|19}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date =

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| party = Republican

| occupation = businessman

| spouse = Andrea (divorced 1963-2004)

| children = Todd, Brooke

| relations =

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| residence =

| alma_mater = Eckerd College
Brevard Community College

}}

Timothy D. Deratany (born October 19, 1939) is a former American politician in the state of Florida.

Early life

Deratany was born in Michigan and came to Florida in 1947. He is a businessman.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V2kkAQAAIAAJ&q=Timothy+deratany+1939 | title=The Clerk's Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of Florida| year=1986| last1=Legislature| first1=Florida}} He served in the Florida House of Representatives for the 47th district from 1978 to 1984, as a Republican.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/House19672001.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180113095046/http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/House19672001.html|archive-date = 2018-01-13|title = Guides @ UF: Federal Documents at University of Florida: Home}}{{cite web|url=http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Public%20Guide/Uploads/Documents/house_counties_final.pdf |title=Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County, 1845-2012 |author=Ward, Robert L. / Florida House of Representatives |year=2011 |publisher= |accessdate=December 11, 2011}} He also served in the Florida State Senate from 1984 to 1990.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/Senate18452001.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180113095045/http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/Senate18452001.html|archive-date = 2018-01-13|title = Guides @ UF: Federal Documents at University of Florida: Home}} He was the first Republican Chairman of the Senate Finance and Tax Committee since reconstruction. Deratany had served as the mayor of the Town of Indialantic from 1970 to 1977. He has been a member of the Florida Council on Arts and Culture since 2010, having been appointed by Governor Charlie Crist.{{Cite web | url=https://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/about-us/partners/florida-council-on-arts-and-culture/current-members/honorable-timothy-d-deratany/ |title = Honorable Timothy D. Deratany - Division of Cultural Affairs - Florida Department of State}}

References

Category:1939 births

Category:Living people

Category:Politicians from Detroit

Category:Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives

Category:Eckerd College alumni

Category:20th-century members of the Florida Legislature