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Georgia
Gov. Nathan Deal
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January 10, 2011 - January 11, 2015
January 12, 2015 - January 13, 2019 - Republican
- August 25, 1942
- Georgia
- Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law
- Married; four children
- Sandra Deal
- Representative
About
Nathan Deal was sworn in as governor of Georgia on January 10, 2011, and was sworn in for his second term on January 12, 2015.
Deal was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. Prior to that, he served in the Georgia Senate from 1981 to 1993 and was named president pro tempore in his last term. Deal also worked as a lawyer, assistant district attorney, and judge.
He attended Mercer University and received his law degree from the Walter F. George School of Law in Macon before serving as an officer in the U.S. Army. He is an active member of the First Baptist Church in Gainesville, where he has served as a deacon and a Sunday school teacher.