Don Beyer
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Moran |
| United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein | |
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In office September 8, 2009 – May 29, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Peter R. Coneway |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Cellars (Acting) |
| 36th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |
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In office January 13, 1990 – January 17, 1998 |
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| Governor |
Douglas Wilder George Allen |
| Preceded by | Douglas Wilder |
| Succeeded by | John Hager |
| Personal details | |
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Donald Sternoff Beyer, Jr. June 20, 1950 Trieste, Free Territory of Trieste now Italy |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Megan Carroll |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Religion | Episcopalianism |
| Website | House website |
Donald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr. /ˈbaɪər/ (born June 20, 1950), is an American businessman, diplomat and politician who has served as the United States Representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district since 2015.
Beyer owns automobile dealerships in Virginia and has a long record of involvement in community, political and philanthropic work. From 1990 to 1998 he served as the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia during the gubernatorial administrations of Democrat Doug Wilder (1990–1994) and Republican George Allen (1994–1998). His party's nominee for Governor in 1997, he lost to Republican Jim Gilmore, the Attorney General of Virginia. From 2009 to 2013, he served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
In 2014, Beyer announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives seat for Virginia's 8th congressional district held by the retiring Jim Moran. Beyer won the June 2014 Democratic primary with 45% of the vote and defeated Republican Micah Edmond 63% to 33% on November 4, 2014.
Beyer was born in the Free Territory of Trieste, now Trieste, Italy, the son of U.S. Army officer Don Beyer and his wife, Nancy. The oldest of six children, he was raised in Washington, D.C. In 1968 he graduated from Gonzaga College High School, where he was salutatorian of his class; in 1972 he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College, magna cum laude, in economics. Beyer was a Presidential Scholar in 1968, and was a National Merit Scholarship winner. He graduated from a winter Outward Bound course at Dartmouth College in January 1971, and attended Wellesley College that year as part of the "12 College Exchange" program.
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