Neil L. Andersen
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Neil Linden Andersen (born 9 August 1951) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1993 and has been a member of the Presidency of the Seventy since 2005.
Andersen was born in Logan, Utah and was raised in Pocatello, Idaho. As a young man, he served in France as a LDS Church missionary. After his mission, he graduated from Brigham Young University and earned an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. He lived and worked in Tampa, Florida, where he was the vice president of the Mortan Plant Health System. In the church, Andersen was a stake president in Tampa.
Between 1989 and 1992, Anderson was president of the France Bordeaux Mission of the church. In 1993, he became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. As a general authority, he has been the executive director of the church's Audio-visual Department and assistant executive director of the Priesthood Department. He has also been in the presidencies of the Utah North, Utah South, North America Southwest, North America Northeast, and Europe West Areas of the church. From 1997 to 2001, Anderson was a member of the general presidency of the church's Sunday School.
In 2005, Andersen became a member of the seven-man Presidency of the Seventy. In this capacity, he has acted as president of the Idaho Area of the church, where in 2006 he broke ground for the construction of the Twin Falls Idaho Temple. In 2007, Andersen was transferred to preside over the North America Southwest Area. In this capacity, he oversees the activities of the area seventies in this area.
Andersen married Kathy Sue Williams in 1975. The Andersens are the parents of four children.
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- “Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1993, 98
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