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Roy Cooper
Sign in to saveAlso known as Roy Asberry Cooper III, Roy Asberry Cooper, Roy A. Cooper III, Roy A. Cooper
American attorney and politician (born 1957)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Roy Cooper is referenced by 489 other articles, and connects out to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States Senate and Supreme Court of the United States.
It is catalogued under topics including 1957 births, 20th-century American lawyers and 20th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Lieutenant
- Dan Forest , Mark Robinson
- Preceded by
- Pat McCrory
- Succeeded by
- Josh Stein
- Governor
- Mike Easley Bev Perdue Pat McCrory
- Born
- Roy Asberry Cooper III , ( 1957-06-13 ) June 13, 1957 (age 68) , Nashville, North Carolina , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Kristin Bernhardt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 )
- Parent
- Roy Asberry Cooper Jr. (father)
- Relatives
- Pell Cooper (brother)
- Education
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ( BA , JD )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Family name
- Cooper
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Nashville
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.roycooper.com
- Image
- Gov. Cooper Cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Raleigh
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- date of birth
- 1957-06-13
- name in native language
- Roy Cooper
- Commons category
- Roy Cooper
- birth name
- Roy Asberry Cooper III
- social media followers
- 94119
- P10632
- Roy Cooper
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/roy-cooper
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Encyclopedic overview
Roy Asberry Cooper III (/ˈkʊpər/ KUUP-ər; born June 13, 1957) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017 and served in the North Carolina General Assembly from 1987 to 2001.
Born and raised in Eastern North Carolina, Cooper graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 1979. He began his career as a lawyer and in 1986 was elected to represent the 72nd district in the North Carolina House of Representatives. In 1991, he was appointed a member of the North Carolina Senate, a position he held until 2001. He was elected North Carolina Attorney General in 2000 and reelected in 2004, 2008, and 2012. His almost 16 year tenure as attorney general is the longest in the state's history.
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