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Jan Brewer
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Governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015
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Jan Brewer, born in Hollywood on 26 September 1944, is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as Governor of Arizona. She has worked in Washington, D.C. and Phoenix, and belongs to the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.
Brewer has said, "Ha! I have no aspiration to be president of the United States," and has stated that "there does come a time to pass the torch of leadership."
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Janet Napolitano
- Succeeded by
- Doug Ducey
- Governor
- Janet Napolitano
- Born
- Janice Kay Drinkwine , ( 1944-09-26 ) September 26, 1944 (age 81) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- John Brewer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 )
- Education
- Glendale Community College (attended)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
- Image
- Jan Brewer.jpg
- Work location
- Phoenix
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- Commons category
- Jan Brewer
- date of birth
- 1944-09-26
- name in native language
- Jan Brewer
- social media followers
- 49731
- P10632
- Jan Brewer
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/jan-brewer
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Encyclopedic overview
Janice Kay Brewer (née Drinkwine; born September 26, 1944) is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015, as a member of the Republican Party. Prior to this, Brewer was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, Arizona Senate, and Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and served as Secretary of State of Arizona from 2003 to 2009.
Born in California, Brewer graduated from Glendale Community College and moved to Arizona. She ran for a seat in the state house to influence education policy while her children were in school. In the Arizona Senate she became majority whip in 1993, and was known for her proposals to put content warnings on profane albums and to create a position of lieutenant governor so the secretary of state would not be next in line to the governorship. Brewer became chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in 1997, after campaigning on opposition to a tax it levied.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jan Brewer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.