Former Raleigh city manager Dempsey Benton will join Gov. Mike Easley's Cabinet.
At the end of the legislative session, Benton will replace Carmen Hooker Odom as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. She is leaving to join a health policy think tank.
Benton, 62, previously served as chief deputy secretary of the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources and helped lead a task force investigating a chemical fire in Apex.
He served as Raleigh city manager from 1983 to 2000.
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