10 Facts About Leo Giacometto

Leo Anthony Giacometto was an American United States Army officer, politician, and lobbyist.

Leo Giacometto grew up in Alzada, Montana, on a sheep ranch.

Leo Giacometto served in the United States Army and Army Reserve from 1980 through 2003 before retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

In 1987, Leo Giacometto was elected to the Montana House of Representatives, where he served until 1990.

Leo Giacometto left the Marshals in 1993, before his four-year term was complete.

Leo Giacometto was the Montana Department of Agriculture director from 1993 through 1995 under Governor Marc Racicot.

In 1995, Leo Giacometto became the chief of staff for Senator Conrad Burns, working out of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

In 2001, Leo Giacometto submitted a falsified travel invoice in connection with his appointed duties, for which he was being prosecuted in 2002 by the Lewis and Clark county attorney; he was acquitted of the misdemeanor in January 2001 by a six-member jury.

In 2019, Leo Giacometto was engaged to Aurelia Skipwith, an attorney, biologist, and former lobbyist for Monsanto who was President Donald Trump's nominee for director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Leo Giacometto died on August 8,2022, in Bahrain, and was buried on the family ranch in Alzada.