David Rouzer | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 7th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Mike McIntyre |
Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 12th district |
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In office January 15, 2009 – January 4, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Fred Smith |
Succeeded by | Ronald J. Rabin |
Personal details | |
Born |
Landstuhl, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany |
February 16, 1972
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Benson, North Carolina |
Alma mater | North Carolina State University |
Occupation | business consultant |
Religion | Southern Baptist |
David Cheston Rouzer /ˈraʊzər/ (born February 16, 1972) is the U.S Representative for North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Previously he was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing constituents in Johnston County and Wayne County in the 12th district of the North Carolina Senate.
Rouzer was born in Landstuhl, Germany in 1972. He was raised in Durham, North Carolina where he attended Northern High School. He then attended North Carolina State University, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Rouzer earned a professional B.A. in 1994 in three different majors: Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural Economics, and Chemistry. He is also a graduate of the Fund for American Studies' Institutes on Business and Government Affairs and American Economic and Political Systems.
He has been a small business owner of The Rouzer Company and the Warehouse Distribution. From 2001–2002, he was assistant to the Dean at the NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. From 2005–2006, he was an associate-rural Administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.